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The changes are detailed in the Nationality and Borders Bill. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 6 January 2022

Home Office plans 'scientific age assessments’ for asylum-seeking children

Wakefield's children's services has been rated 'good' overall by inspectors. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 6 January 2022

Inspectors praise ‘significant improvements’ at Wakefield children’s services

Staff shortages are caused by isolation due to testing positive for Covid-19. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 5 January 2022

Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage

Jenny Coles has been awarded a CBE for services to children's social care. Picture: ADCS

News 4 January 2022

Former Hertfordshire DCS awarded CBE in New Year Honours list

Anne Longfield is chair of the Commission on Young Lives. Picture: Alex Deverill

News 4 January 2022

Anne Longfield: Reform ‘unfit’ children’s social care system to support vulnerable teens

Josh MacAlister has been named as a highly influential figure by researchers. Picture: Frontline

News 23 December 2021

Most influential figures in children’s services policy revealed

The pandemic is the increasing risk of domestic abuse across the UK, charities warn. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 December 2021

Pandemic puts 16,000 children at risk of domestic abuse, charity warns

Bury Council has apologised for the failures. Picture: David Dixon / Bury Town Hall (Wikimedia creative commons)

News 22 December 2021

Inspectors criticise ‘inadequate’ support for vulnerable children in Bury

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson. Pictures: West Midlands Police/West Yorkshire Police

Analysis 22 December 2021

Child deaths link to pressures of pandemic and resources shortage

All local authorities will now have to accept lone asylum-seeking children. Picture: Fizkes/Adobe Stock

Analysis 22 December 2021

Questions on revamped national child asylum transfer scheme

Jules Hillier: "Good-quality contact arrangements between children and their birth families can be vital to children’s wellbeing"

Opinion 22 December 2021

Time to deliver on ‘letterbox’ contact

Festival of Social Work conferences are a chance to celebrate the achievements of children’s social workers while featuring keynote sessions from speakers such as poet Lemn Sissay

Features 22 December 2021

We are the social work champions

Young people collaborated with Hampshire County Council to help design energy-efficient homes that better meet their needs

Best Practice 22 December 2021

Young people help shape low-energy children’s homes

Education and youth work professionals see children and young people's passion and concern over climate change. Picture: Tgordievskaya/Adobe Stock

Features 22 December 2021

Sustainable Services: Special Report

Young people are often placed in secure children's homes more than 140 miles from home. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 December 2021

Less than half of welfare referrals to secure children’s homes result in placements, research warns