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Josh MacAlister will lead the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England

Analysis 26 January 2021

Care Review: sector leaders set out their priorities for change

Care-experienced young people at a participation session run by charity Become. Picture: Become

Analysis 26 January 2021

Care experts outline ambitions

Care leavers can face barriers in accessing support if they lack digital connectivity. Picture: Insta_Photos/Adobe Stock

Analysis 26 January 2021

Lockdown widens digital divide

The ICHA report details emerging evidence that children's home staffing shortages are having an effect on placements. Picture: Alex Deverill

Analysis 26 January 2021

Factors for stagnation in use of homes

Family-based interventions can be more effective in cases of sibling sexual abuse. Picture: Adobe Stock

Analysis 26 January 2021

Guide helps children’s workers respond to sibling sexual abuse

Mark Russell: “Inside the heart of every young person is hope, but it’s taken a battering during the pandemic”

Features 26 January 2021

Interview: Mark Russell, The Children’s Society chief executive

Andrew Webb is independent chair of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Opinion 26 January 2021

Make permanency work for older children

Many professionals have successfully used technology to communicate during the pandemic, found the NSPCC, which suggests virtual delivery could enhance services. Picture: Image copyright of NSPCC. Photography by Tom Hull. The NSPCC practitioner is Da

Features 26 January 2021

How Covid-19 remade children’s services

The Early Intervention Foundation defines parenting interventions “as advice and treatment offered to parents with the primary aim of supporting children’s social, emotional and intellectual wellbeing”. Picture: Rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock

Features 26 January 2021

Parenting Programmes: Special Report

CPPP aims to improve parents’ communication and restore focus back to children. Picture: Syda Productions/Adobe Stock

Features 26 January 2021

Children’s letters give parents insight into the impact of their conflict

Local authority commissioners and providers came together to identify how to improve finding placements for challenging cases. Picture: EGGEEGGJIEW/Adobe Stock

Features 26 January 2021

Commissioning: Why we monitor outcomes

Safeguarding policies should be updated to reflect increased home learning, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 January 2021

Home Office announces new strategy to combat child sexual abuse

Anne Longfield is coming to the end of her time as children's commissioner for England. Picture: Alex Deverill

News 21 January 2021

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

What Works for Children's Social Care is offering to fund research into improving services for vulnerable children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 January 2021

Research bodies launch fund for children's mental health services

The biggest rise in cases was among young children, statistics show. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 18 January 2021

Huge rise in children seriously injured or killed during first lockdown, government figures show