by Yvonne Anderson | Nov 16, 2021 | Improving practice, Lived experience, Mental health, Safeguarding, Wellbeing
Not “just playing” Have you ever experienced bullying or been the bully? Most of the time we excuse it as “only teasing” or “just playing”. What is bullying? Though there is no legal definition, bullying is repeating the same actions with the intention to...
by Jill Thorburn | Oct 18, 2021 | Improving practice, Lived experience, Safeguarding
Keeping the child at the heart of child protection Keeping the child at the heart of child protection is something a great number of our community have been grappling with recently. We have blogged on this topic many times before, it is something we care about deeply....
by Yvonne Anderson | Sep 1, 2021 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Implementing Mind Of My Own, Improving practice, Lived experience
On the same page There has never been a better time to be on the same page with the children and young people we care for and this is how we come to understand their emotional context. As digital communication grows, connecting and hearing from young people becomes...
by Yvonne Anderson | Aug 5, 2021 | Improving practice, Lived experience
Cultural identity is enshrined in the Children Act 1989, which promotes the view that all children and their parents should be considered as individuals and that family structures, culture, religion, ethnic origins and other characteristics should be respected Why...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 21, 2021 | Improving practice, Insights, Participation
Questions around safety Youth offending services have been prevalent in the news recently, with the highly publicised removal of all children from Rainsbrook. The transfer of the children that were held there has also raised concerning questions around the safety and...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jun 22, 2021 | data, Foster care, Implementing Mind Of My Own, Improving practice
Technology goes beyond mere tool making; it is a process of creating ever more powerful technology using the tools from the previous round of innovation. Ray Kurzweil We know that the digitisation of public services is inevitable, and we hold organisations that...
