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Families can need support for at least a year before a secure attachment is formed and the relationship is mutually rewarding. Picture: Motortion/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 25 February 2020

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

Practitioners are able to support more young people than just those deemed to be most at risk and most likely to respond to treatment. Picture: Becky Nixon/posed by model

Best Practice 25 February 2020

NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues

Milk & Honey’s sessions are co-produced by the young women who attend, with creative expression helping them to feel safe

Best Practice 25 February 2020

Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence

The Local Government Ombudsman has strongly criticised Richmond Council and its external children’s services provider, Achieving for Children

Features 25 February 2020

Ombudsman orders audit over SEND failings

Siblings have a “shared experience” within a family that cannot be replicated in any other set of relationships. Picture: yanlev/Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2020

Sibling relationships in the care system

The longer a child stayed in care, the higher the likelihood of a stable reunification. Picture: Adobe Stock

Research 25 February 2020

Returning Children Home From Care: What Can Be Learned From Local Authority Data?

Increasing evidence of the success of psychological interventions help to make the case for early intervention. Picture: Ekaterina/Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2020

Commissioning for wellbeing

Young people felt that professionals often focused on poorer outcomes, ignoring the potential of care leavers. Picture: Daniel Ernst/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 25 February 2020

Care-experienced young people challenge stereotypes in shaping charity’s marketing

Children take part in creative activities that help them to explore their feelings

Best Practice 25 February 2020

How peer support helps children cope better with grief

Learning Through Play uses games to improve children’s executive function skills. Picture: watcherfox/Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2020

Learning Through Play, USA

The demand for therapeutic care has never been greater. Picture: Photographee.eu/Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2020

Therapeutic Care: Special Report

The partnership between Peterborough City Council and charity Tact ended early after both parties spent more than planned. Picture: Adobe Stock/chrisdorney

Analysis 28 January 2020

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

The number of children adopted in England has fallen by a third since 2018. Picture: Adobe Stock/digitalskillet1

Analysis 28 January 2020

Clash over prioritising adoption

Staff shortages have coincided with higher incidents of abuse and neglect in YOIs. Picture: Guzelian

Analysis 28 January 2020

Fears over custody staff drop

Young people who are vulnerable, lonely or have learning difficulties are especially targeted by organised crime groups. Picture: Adobe Stock

Research 28 January 2020

‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?