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Sixteen per cent of councils reported at least one or more sponsors listed to have matched with refugees as posing a safeguarding risk. Picture: aviavlad/Adobe Stock

Analysis 21 June 2022

Homes for Ukraine: safeguarding concerns for vulnerable refugees

A welcome celebration held in Islington was attended by local MP Jeremy Corbyn

Analysis 21 June 2022

Initiatives to aid Ukraine arrivals

School-led tutoring on the National Tutoring Programme is only partially subsidised. Picture: micromonkey/Adobe Stock

Analysis 21 June 2022

National Tutoring Programme: key questions

In 2018, inspectors praised youth work and education provision at Werrington YOI. Picture: HMP Werrington/Twitter

Analysis 21 June 2022

Factors for Werrington YOI failures

The expanded programme aims to ‘avoid some of the poorest outcomes for families’. Picture: motortion/Adobe Stock

Analysis 21 June 2022

Supporting Families gets major revamp

The guidance provides advice on assessing all eating disorders that can lead a patient into a state of clinical emergency. Picture: PhotoDisc

Analysis 21 June 2022

Call for more training to identify eating disorders in children earlier

Peck: Youth work ‘a critical professional relationship’

Features 21 June 2022

Interview: Lib Peck, director of the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit

Derren Hayes: 'Change will not be straightforward to deliver. Key will be assessing if it is feasible for health and police staff to be seconded into specialist units.'

Opinion 21 June 2022

Children’s commissioning needs pragmatic solutions

Denise Hatton, chief executive, YMCA England & Wales

Opinion 21 June 2022

Ratios change not the solution to crisis in childcare

John Drew, senior associate, the Prison Reform Trust and former chief executive, the Youth Justice Board

Opinion 21 June 2022

Recognise Covid errors for next pandemic response

Mobile provision, like the Hackney Playbus, can bring much-needed facilities and expertise directly to children and families who might not otherwise access services

Features 21 June 2022

Mobile provision: Children’s services on the road

Residential child care’s workforce crisis has been exacerbated by unforeseen pressures following Brexit and the pandemic. Picture: Ermolaev Alexandr/Adobe Stock

Other 21 June 2022

Commissioning Care: Policy context

The sufficiency duty requires authorities to do more than simply ensure a sufficient number of placements be provided. Picture: NDABCREATIVITY/Adobe Stock

Research 21 June 2022

Commissioning Care – Research evidence: Sufficiency report

Strong relationships between providers and children’s services have been key to the success of Plymouth’s care commissioning. Picture: mickblakey/Adobe Stock

Features 21 June 2022

Partnership approach revives Plymouth placement market

Local authorities collaborate to improve outcomes for children in foster placements. Picture: Seventyfour/Adobe Stock

Features 21 June 2022

Southern authorities work together to stimulate foster care placements