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Jenny Coles

Articles by Jenny Coles

Getting to the root of youth violence

By Jenny Coles | 17 March 2021

Jenny Coles urges all parts of the public sector, including Government, to work in a co-ordinated...

Don't forget our youth workers

By Jenny Coles | 20 January 2021

Government needs to put as much focus on resourcing the children and young people’s workforce as ...

Investing in our future

By Jenny Coles | 25 November 2020

Jenny Coles is president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services Jenny Coles expla...

Pulling children out of poverty

By Jenny Coles | 06 October 2020

Poverty is not inevitable or ‘someone else’s problem’. President of the ADCS Jenny Coles looks at...

We must find a way to invest in our future

By Jenny Coles | 19 August 2020

The ‘hidden harms’ to children over the past six months will be uncovered when schools fully open...

Children should not carry the cost of this crisis

By Jenny Coles | 02 June 2020

Emergency funding for the pandemic is welcome, but it is not enough to cover costs. Children shou...

An opportunity amidst the gloom

By Jenny Coles | 21 April 2020

As social workers battle the coronavirus, Jenny Coles calls for children’s interests to be centre...

A critical time for children's services

By Jenny Coles | 10 October 2017

Alison Michalska explains the urgent need for government action and national attention on the sta...

Putting youth justice on trial

By Jenny Coles | 09 August 2017

For many children and young people in custodial settings the picture is bleak. Jenny Coles calls ...

How Hertfordshire CC is embracing the safeguarding challenge

By Jenny Coles | 10 May 2017

The Hertfordshire family safeguarding model is now being piloted outside of the county council’s ...