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A digital bonanza?
The recent change to guidance for shielded workers, allowing them to return to work in ‘Covid-secure businesses’ from 1st August, made me...
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Leadership in troubled times
One of the lasting impressions left by my leadership development training with the Staff College was the idea of “Leadership in Troubled Times...
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Should working from home be the...
During last week’s 2020 ADCS annual conference, colleagues discussed options about how the children’s workforce could return to the office...
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The power of the ADCS family
We all work through building relationships and deliver services that support children and families. Some of us do this in a more formal way,...
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On love, and love after lockdown
The devastating loss of our friend, colleague and ADCS Past President Dave Hill had a huge impact on our sector last week, and on the many of us...
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An opportunity for meaningful...
All schools and colleges across the country are now allowed to open more widely to children if they feel able to as lockdown measures are being...
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Many colours of the rainbow
As a student social worker, I came to understand that anti-discriminatory practice was the cornerstone of my social work training that needed to...
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Walk a mile in my shoes...
I am a bit of a closet Elvis fan and the lockdown has led me to explore the backwaters of my record collection which, in turn, led me to the...
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The Meaning of Tests
On Thursday we were advised that the five tests had been met and that the phased wider opening of schools could commence from 1st June. Detailed...
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