Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP) - GOV.UK

Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP) - GOV.UK
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Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP)
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The Directorate Children and Young People (
DCYP
) was established in 2010 to provide a single Ministry of Defence (
MOD
) focus for all issues related to service children and young people.  In 2021,
DCYP
split into two separate organisations with distinct responsibilities for policy:
Armed Forces Families and Safeguarding (AFFS)
and delivery:
Defence Children Services (DCS)
.
The Directorate Children and Young People (
DCYP
) was established in 2010 to provide a single Ministry of Defence (
MOD
) focus for all issues related to service children and young people.
Service children are the children of serving service personnel, but
DCYP
were also responsible for the children of
MOD
UK-based civilians and sponsored organisations serving outside of the UK.
The work of
DCYP
fell in to these 6 broad areas of responsibility:
strategic direction and policy
provision of high quality education in
MOD
schools and settings
safeguarding children and young people
supporting the Armed Forces Covenant
direct support and advice to service families with advice on a wide range of education matters
educational psychology and social work services
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