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Recovery through therapy must be care system's goal

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  • Monday, July 20, 2015
  • | CYP Now
I published the State of the Nation for Children in Care report this month on the views of 3,000 children in care and care leavers aged eight to 25. One of the most startling findings was the staggering 50 per cent who said they didn't understand why they were in care in the first place.

The toughest job in the land just got tougher

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  • Monday, July 20, 2015
  • | CYP Now
If you are looking for evidence of just how tough a job it is to be a director of children's services (DCS) at the moment, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) conference provided it.

Breaking the cycle of sexual offending

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  • Monday, July 6, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Children who display harmful sexual behaviour have often been abused themselves. Joe Lepper looks at the pioneering work taking place and assesses how a new national framework will help improve support.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

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  • Monday, July 6, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Character education can help children succeed

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  • Monday, June 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
There is a temptation to view character education as part of an agenda by Conservative politicians to take schooling and youth participation back to a bygone era when Victorian values of the British stiff upper lip ruled.

Legal Update: Poverty as immigration control

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  • Monday, June 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the situation of vulnerable families with "no recourse to public funds", due to their immigration status.

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