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Charities and youth work organisations are offering free training and mentoring schemes for disadvantaged young people. Picture: Pressmaster/Adobe Stock

5 January 2021

Youth jobs crisis: schemes set up to help young people find work

Fiona Simpson Education

Young people in Staying Put placements are “twice as likely to go to university" compared with all care leavers. Picture: Shutterstock

5 January 2021

Charities push for Staying Put

Derren Hayes Social Care

Professional coaches will support young people to appreciate their own strengths

5 January 2021

Coaching for a crime-free life

Derren Hayes Youth Offending

Lack of face-to-face contact has made it difficult for staff to assess the risks to children. Picture: ©NSPCC. Photo by Tom Hull. Posed by models. NSPCC practitioner is Dannie Adcock-Habib

5 January 2021

Practitioners reflect on lockdown problems

Derren Hayes Children's Services

“Closed childcare clusters” have been developed where families share home schooling. Picture: Wavebreakmediamicro/Adobe Stock

5 January 2021

Children’s professionals develop local projects to aid Covid recovery

Derren Hayes Children's Services

Qualified workers play a crucial role in young children’s long-term attainment. Picture: Micromonkey/Adobe Stock

5 January 2021

Upgrading early years degrees

Felix Bunting Early Years

Carey Oppenheim, early childhood lead, and Jordan Rehill, researcher, Nuffield Foundation

5 January 2021

The changing needs of childhood

Carey Oppenheim Early Years

The book hopes to provide information to ensure care leavers are fully supported. Picture: Bettys Photos/Adobe Stock

5 January 2021

Four key leaving care challenges

Lynn Brady Leaving Care

Parents often praised schools’ flexible approaches to learning across a challenging year. Picture: Halfpoint/Adobe Stock

5 January 2021

Lessons for successful home schooling of children with SEND

Alex Grady Education

The gap between participation in young people from deprived backgrounds and their more affluent peers has increased. Picture: zinkevych/Adobe Stock

24 November 2020

Social action: Step Up To Serve fails to reach most disadvantaged young people

Fiona Simpson Youth Work

Phase one of the research found that digital communication can be used to complement face-to-face services for children and families. Picture: Adobe Stock

24 November 2020

Early child development review: emerging issues and solutions

Derren Hayes Early Years

Parents’ safety fears have led to a surge in children being taken out of full-time education. Picture: Fabio Principe/Adobe Stock

24 November 2020

Rise in home schooling prompts concerns

Derren Hayes Education

Northamptonshire was the 11th local authority to establish an alternative delivery model. Picture: Jevanto Productions/Adobe Stock

24 November 2020

Early adopters set out the key features of children’s trusts

Kirtpal Kaur Aujla Children's Services

Councils and agencies must understand what motivates people to become foster carers. Picture: Adobe Stock

24 November 2020

Tackling foster carer decline

Derren Hayes Social Care

The government has been urged to help feed families this winter. Picture: Trussell Trust

24 November 2020

Holiday hunger funding plans

Fiona Simpson Education