Read new article 'The role of the health visitor: where are we now?' by Alison Morton 💙 and published in Paediatrics and Child Health
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#HealthVisiting #HealthVisitor

Ministers have decided to scrap Now Teach - a route into teaching for high-flying career changes. In the middle of a recruitment crisis. My quote:

Honoured beyond measure to have had a room full of love, support & allyship at the Free Loaves on Fridays launch.

Forever grateful to 100 authors for your bravery, courage & strength. You have moved mountains.

BASW John Lewis & Partners Article 39 Together Trust Children's Commissioner for England

An honour to be the mc for the most moving book launch I have attended for years. It brought me to the brink of tears a good few times. The audience too.

Foundling Museum

#fiveloavesonfridays

An absolute privilege to speak at the launch of Children's Commissioner for England Big Ambition report. The youth ambassadors were inspirational + we had brilliant performances from National Children's Orchestra and London Oratory Sch. Children need to be heard. They have amazing ideas & aspirations! /1

First on the list of ambitions in this important new report:

'Every child grows up in a family who has what they need to support them and no child grows up in poverty.'

#TheBigAmbition

'They don't listen to us because we don't have the vote'

Rachel de Souza, children's commissioner for England, told #BBCBreakfast under 18s have told her it's time for 'political parties to listen to the children'

bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cn…

We welcome the ambitions that the Children's Commissioner has highlighted, in line with our manifesto asks. They call for:

👉Early support hubs in every local area
👉Mental health support in schools
👉Reform of the Mental Health Act
👉More timely NHS CYP mental health support

Children are passionate about making change - but only 1 in 5 feel like those in power listen. I'm taking their voices, views & experiences to politicians & policymakers with this challenge: listen, and act on what children are telling you. #TheBigAmbition childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/one-milli…

Thank you Alison Morton 💙 and everyone at iHV.

The #iHVSEND2024 conference today emphasised that SEND is everyone’s business and listening to Harriet Waldegrave from the Children's Commissioner for England talk about the current SEND landscape was sobering. #SEND

A million children in England were referred to mental health services last year, ITV News can exclusively reveal.

Figures from the children's commissioner show almost 40,000 children are waiting more than two years for treatment.

ITV News Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry…

Our fabulous panel of keynote speakers from this afternoon at #iHVSEND2024 will now take questions from our in-person audience as well as from our delegates watching at home.
Chris Read Prof Monica Lakhanpaul Harriet Waldegrave Children's Commissioner for England
#SEND

.Chris Read performs his very special song about Theo - Every Atom of You - a very moving song. And ends with a standing ovation!
#iHVSEND2024

Great discussion yesterday on improving outcomes for all our CYP Children's Commissioner for England with Dame Rachel de Souza Camilla Kingdon Simon Kenny. Prioritising CYP & addressing fragmentation through co-ordinated cross government & ICS approach essential-the moral & economic arguments are clear

Until now, we have known far too little about children on child in need plans.

My new report published today has revealed the huge regional variation in support from children’s social services for some of England’s most vulnerable children.

childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/children-…

NEW REPORT 📢 We've published findings from a randomised controlled trial of My View, a therapeutic intervention for unaccompanied children seeking asylum, which found positive impacts on children's wellbeing.

Ipsos UK Centre for Evidence and Implementation Refugee Council 🧡

Read now: foundations.org.uk/our-work/repor…

I am deeply concerned how many children are falling through the cracks after leaving the state education system.

The reasons may vary, but my new report, Lost in Transition, highlights that thousands of children are simply unknown to local authorities.
childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/lost-in-t…

Children use outside spaces in different ways to adults and have different priorities and needs, but often don't feel their voices are heard when new outside spaces are developed. We will share what children told us they want from these spaces in March.
childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/children-…

🧵As Children’s Commissioner, I was extremely alarmed by today’s report into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of sexual and criminal exploitation of children, and there are clear lessons to learn. 1/5

‘Being in care ripped me away from my twin sister – I won’t lose her again’

As part of our Christmas appeal with Become Kane Wilton tells i newspaper about the heartache siblings in care endure when they are moved miles away from each other trib.al/dxXWi1U