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Disciplines

Amberleigh’s work focuses on issues such as attachment, resilience and self-esteem

Features 1 March 2022

Amberleigh breaks from norm with larger care settings

Childhood First’s five residential children’s homes hold special events for their former residents to help them stay in touch

Features 1 March 2022

Psychoanalytic and family systemic approach helps Childhood First improve young lives

Some young people likened the transition from care to independent living to being abandoned with support suddenly dropping away. Picture: Adobe Stock

Features 1 March 2022

Inspections Clinic: Leaving care services

Councils that embrace co-designed commissioning aim to avoid the ‘care cliff’ young people leaving care can face. Picture: Art_Photo/Adobe Stock

Features 1 March 2022

Better support for care leavers

Employers and education providers need to be aware of the needs of care-experienced young people. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Features 1 March 2022

Guide to funding the journey from care

Researchers looked at representation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in social services. Picture: Fresnel6/Adobe Stock

Research 1 March 2022

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England

Illustration: James Thew/Adobe Stock

Funding 1 March 2022

Youth Investment Fund

A number of young people local to Grenfell Tower who have experienced trauma have been excluded from school. Picture: Dmitry Vereshchagin/Adobe Stock

Features 1 March 2022

Legal Update: Rights over exclusions

Children and parents think about their own "super powers" at a puppet workshop

Best Practice 1 March 2022

Positive changes for children at the edge of care

Sue-Ellen Lamb: “Making a career change is never easy, but it was vital for me to do something that could really make a difference”

Best Practice 1 March 2022

How I Got Here: Sue-Ellen Lamb

Sarah Champion MP called for “a clear commitment that local authorities can run” secure academies. Picture: Parliament TV

News 1 March 2022

MPs vote against plans for council-run secure schools

Therapeutic communities provide a whole service approach to the treatment and care of young people. Picture: highwaystarz/Adobe Stock

Features 1 March 2022

Therapeutic Communities: Special Report

Play therapy helps children who don’t easily find the right words for their experience. Picture: Andy Shell/Adobe Stock

Other 1 March 2022

Using therapeutic play to help children express feelings

Music therapy intervention can support children’s ability to relate to adults and peers. Picture: kegfire/Adobe Stock

Other 1 March 2022

How music therapy supports children in therapeutic settings

Children's minister Will Quince has been criticised over his comments. Picture: Parliament UK

News 28 February 2022

Outrage as children’s minister dismisses 'small' number of teenage deaths in care