Fiona Simpson

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Matt Dunkley, DCS at Kent County Council, has called for urgent intervention. Picture: Norfolk County Council

News 14 August 2020

Kent 'days away' from being unable to care for more asylum-seeking children

Social Care

The campaign encourages parents to check-in with their children. Picture: Barking and Dagenham Council

News 13 August 2020

Barking and Dagenham Council targets parents in new knife crime campaign

Youth Work

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson insists the standardisation system is 'robust and fair'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 August 2020

Disadvantaged pupils worst hit by A-level downgrades, figures show

Education

The British Youth Council's Involved scheme allows young people to express their views through Instagram. Picture: BYC

News 12 August 2020

International Youth Day 2020: Youth work organisations giving young people a voice

Youth Work

Disadvantaged pupils are most likely to receive lower grades on results day, unions warn. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 12 August 2020

Disadvantaged pupils ‘worst affected’ by exam grading system despite mocks U-turn, unions warn

Education

Jasper Loten shares his experiences of hearing loss through poetry. Picture: AVUK

News 12 August 2020

#Chances4Children: Raymond Antrobus praises deaf schoolboy's poetry

Special Educational Needs

Unions have called on the government to come up with a 'plan B' to reopen schools. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 11 August 2020

Schools urged to make contingency plans for local lockdowns

Education

The changes come following the publication of a review by former YJB chair Charlie Taylor. Picture: YJB

News 11 August 2020

Painful restraint removed from core training for escort officers but will appear under ‘personal safety’

Youth Justice

Loren Townsend Elliot, 21, is a member of The National Lottery Community Fund’s ‘Young People In The Lead’ advisory panel. Picture: National Lottery Community Fund

News 11 August 2020

International Youth Day 2020: ‘We have a voice and, finally, it is being heard’

Youth Work

Kent County Council recorded 42 new UASC cases in one day. Picture: Nathan Clarke

News 10 August 2020

Kent County Council ‘running out of resources’ to support asylum seekers

Children's Services

More entry level positions should be created where there is demand, the CSJ says. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 10 August 2020

Focus apprenticeships on young people instead of skilled graduates, CSJ urges

Coronavirus

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson did not act unlawfully 'given the situation', Mrs Justice Lieven rules. Picture: Parliament UK

News 7 August 2020

High Court dismisses calls for children's social care exemptions to be scrapped

Social Care