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Disciplines

Remuneration must be part of a wider package of training and support for staff. Picture: fizkes/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 May 2023

Factors behind social work staff retention

The standards emphasise providing vulnerable children with trusting relationships. Picture: Shefkate/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 May 2023

Healthcare in secure settings

Schools should identify any potential barriers that could hinder pupils’ level of attainment. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 May 2023

Make the most of pupil premium funding to tackle disadvantage

Children need reassurance that practitioners value their expertise by experience. Picture: FIZKES/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 May 2023

Shift the balance of power in youth justice

Young leaders worked together to suggest policy changes to benefit communities

Analysis 30 May 2023

Young leaders set out vision for a ChildFair society

Tessy Ojo: ‘Young people value the opportunity to lead’

Features 30 May 2023

Interview: Tessy Ojo, chief executive, The Diana Award

Young people report improvements in confidence, feeling ‘calmer’ and ‘more positive’ about life after taking part in weekly surf lessons with the Wave Project. Picture: Bella Rose Bunce

Features 30 May 2023

Riding the wave of social prescribing

The search for better value has seen more children placed in homes miles away from their local communities. Picture: Tomsickova/Adobe Stock

Other 30 May 2023

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

It is hoped a regional approach will make the commissioning process more efficient. Picture: PEOPLEIMAGES.COM/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

The big debate: Will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places?

Gloucestershire created services to accommodate young people’s complex needs. Picture: Zamrznuti tonovi/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Profiles created with each child captures their wishes for a personal care pathway. Picture: yavdat/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Step-down service improves placement stability

Close collaboration means councils are able to make better use of their capacity. Picture: Ekkasit A Siam/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Regional sufficiency strategy controls costs

A legal definition could give clarity to kinship carers. Picture: Svitlana/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Assurance inspections will check whether recommendations from previous inspections are being implemented. Picture: mapo/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

Inspections Clinic: 10 key questions on STC assurance visits

Tom Ravenscroft, founder and chief executive, Skills Builder Partnership

Features 30 May 2023

Leadership: Investing in essential skills