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📹 Care-experienced young people tell our new Parliament it's 'Time To Show You Care'. 📣 We need Change and Bold Action for a Fair Deal for #CareExperienced children and young people. Read more about our five asks: https://lnkd.in/e-ERjNEe
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Last week, Early Childhood Ireland launched our latest Policy Proposal, a Single Agency for Early Years and School Age Care, to the Minister for Children, TDs, Senators and Party leaders. The purpose of this proposal is to highlight the importance of the establishment of a Single Agency and to call on politicians from across the political spectrum to commit to the establishment of this body. You can read a detailed breakdown in our Policy in Action post here: https://lnkd.in/eKvUn3AH #QualityForChildren #EarlyYearsIreland #EarlyYearsPolicy
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🇺🇸Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 Today, we celebrate not just the nation's independence, but also the independence and well-being of the older adults we care for. At TheKey, my team and I are passionate about supporting our clients by getting to know them as individuals, so we can find the best ways to provide care that truly enriches their lives. What have you found to help your clients or loved ones stay more independent at they age? Let me know in the comments. #IndependenceDay #SeniorCare #AgingInPlace #SeniorIndependence
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Absolutely amazed by this campaign. The imagery is strikingly sharp—half bubblegum, half razorblade—hyper-commercial and cool, yet with the jolting contrast of an unretouched baby in diapers openly breastfeeding. The campaign addresses the motherhood penalty, shedding light on the continued financial and career repercussions women face for taking maternity leave. It also sparks broader reflections. For me, it's a refreshing counterpoint to the deluge of new-dad-on-paternity-leave posts flooding LinkedIn. Yes, it's wonderful that dads take time off with their newly born, and both of you do look adorable in beige. However, it's important to recognize that closing the gender inequality gap at work and at home requires more than what dads are currently doing. There's still a heavy load on women, often juggling career and family responsibilities, while their partners pro-actively climb corporate ladders while leaning back in the happy helper role at home. Let's strive for a future where both mothers and fathers are equally supported in their roles, and where the responsibility of caregiving is shared more equitably. #momsrock #GenderEquality #WorkLifeBalance#balanceathome#motherhood penalty
Stop the motherhood penalty ✋🛑 Yes, there is a contrast between nursing a baby and wearing a suit - but balancing parenthood and career is just a normal part of life. Yet mothers are penalised in their career, while fathers are not. A lot of unconscious, but also explicit bias exists on what it means to be a mother. This has a big impact on women’s lives - economically and socially. This year, for Mother’s Day, I have agreed to be part of a campaign to stop the motherhood penalty. This is not work that is fixed with a thought-provoking photo, but an ongoing push which requires that all of us, as people, companies and organisations acknowledge the problem and act on it. Inside of me, the vulnerability of standing out like this and the fighting spirit are also battling. I embrace both. But the fighting spirit is strongest, as I believe in standing up for what you believe in. And I believe the motherhood penalty must stop now. #roccamorerebel #MomsRock #childpenalty #motherhoodpenalty
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Assistant Head of Key Stage 4 (Year 10 and 11) at a prominent secondary school in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Also Trustee at @Primrose_centre, Shahjalal Mosque and Islamic Centre, @sparc786_sparc.
The general election comes at a time when services for disabled children have been systematically and deliberately decimated for over a decade and families have been left to pick up the pieces in whatever way they can. Even though disabled children never appear to be a priority for the main parties, they would be wise to acknowledge that improving education, health and social care services for the most vulnerable members of society means that you are improving services for the whole of society. “A new government should not be looking to continue the status quo, which is short-term planning leading to short-term budgets. That’s as effective as putting a sticking plaster over a gapping chasm. Children who have to fail in order to access support are children who require far more services in the long term to undo the damage that this approach causes. My hope is that a new government will truly listen to, and work with, grassroots campaign groups who have been clear about what improvements are needed. And they don’t involve massive Change Programmes, Safety Valve agreements or any other costly processes that further degrade children’s rights.” https://lnkd.in/eBk3miEF
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Human Rights Advocacy Manager | Youth Disability Advocacy Service | YACVic | Proudly disabled & neurodivergent | Writer | Youth Worker | Advocate
“Kids do well if they can” - Dr Ross Greene In all my years working with young people, I’ve never, ever seen suspensions or expulsions magically cure a child of a condition, mental health issue or trauma. Never. I’ve never seen a suspension or expulsion equip a child with the supports, accomodations, tools and skills they need to ‘do well because now they can’. A common theme with suspensions, again and again, is that the student has not consistently received the reasonable adjustments that are their fundamental human right. They haven’t had the fact that their growing brains are still very much ‘under construction’ and not yet fully capable of making rational decisions or controlling impulses, properly recognised. They haven’t had the scientific neurological and cognitive reality considered, that it’s literally impossible for them to control their behaviour when their frontal lobe is completely offline and their ‘fight or flight mode’ is activated. Not to mention the various conditions which can make this expectation of a child ‘behaving’ in such circumstances utterly absurd. Why do we persist with doing something that we know is not only ineffective, but has extremely poor outcomes and causes great harm? Suspensions and expulsions just move a problem, they don’t solve a problem. All it does is move the responsibility off the shoulders of adults and onto those of a child or young person, who is probably already dealing with multiple barriers. Why don’t we pay attention to what research says about co-regulation? Sensory regulation? About the importance of relationships as protective factors in schools? Of how consistent reasonable adjustments and meeting access needs can prevent escalation before it begins, keeping everyone safer and included? The value that could be gained from every school having a youth worker (or two!) to take a student for a walk, a kick of the footy, a drive around the block, a game of Mario Kart etc to help co-regulate, calm down, reset and reflect. Every child and young person has a right to learn and deserves an accessible education which meets their needs. We need to do so, so much better.
Last week we heard disturbing news that 81,918 suspensions and exclusions were issued in Queensland's public schools in 2023, up by nearly 3,900 on the year before. Remember! Disabled students only make up 17% of the school population, but are given 47% of suspensions. This means more disabled kids are missing out on their right to learn. We know that suspensions and exclusions are not the answer, but sadly they are being used more and more. Now is the time we need to grow our campaign, so that our message reaches more people and has more power. Join today at https://lnkd.in/gz3RRazg
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Did you know there is a provision within the SECURE 2.0 Act that helps growing families? It's called the QBAD or Qualified Birth and Adoption Distributions. Learn more about this provision 👉 https://buff.ly/40qLW6r
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For the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Julian reflects on the power of accompanying those in the final stages of life. 🙏 💗 #Grandparents #Elderly #SLMedia Read here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g5GDpWME
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Investing in care is a winning strategy for candidates. Period.
Voters want to see action on child care! Voters across the country (including swing states that will prove critical this election season) would be more likely to support candidates who helped families afford child care. https://lnkd.in/eJVAUYmS
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What are your thoughts on a having a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England? There are 11 million people aged 65 or over in England, but we do not have a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing, even though Wales and Northern Ireland do. It's time to change this. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/enQB5bJQ #OlderPeople #Ageism #Ageing #AgeingSociety #AgeingPopulation
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