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Joint-working initiatives between local authorities, CCGs and schools can strengthen mental health provision. Picture: GraphicRoyalty/Adobe Stock

Features 28 September 2021

Commissioning of therapies

The welfare of the adopted person must be considered. Picture: PheelingsMedia/Adobe Stock

Features 28 September 2021

Legal Update: Post-commencement adoptions

Clare Erasmus: “I like to think of myself as a wellbeing warrior – someone fighting to ensure our schools are mentally healthy places”

Best Practice 28 September 2021

How I Got Here: Clare Erasmus

Better awareness among education professionals has helped improve identification of children whose learning needs would have previously gone unnoticed. Picture: Bramfield House School

Features 28 September 2021

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Special Report

The number of children with an education, health and care plan is at its highest level since they replaced statements of special educational needs in 2015/16. Picture: Seventyfour/Adobe Stock

Analysis 31 August 2021

Further delay sparks fears over much-anticipated SEND Review

The right support helps children and young people build positive lives. Picture: Merla/Adobe Stock

Analysis 31 August 2021

‘Commission will look for solutions to generational cycles of violence’

Evidence shows the mental health impact of the pandemic varies from child to child. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Analysis 31 August 2021

Pandemic’s mental health impact

Online harms and risks have been heightened during the pandemic. Picture: Mediteraneo/Adobe Stock

Other 31 August 2021

Child Sexual Exploitation: Policy context

Youth work can provide a safe environment for young people, early support and intervention where needed. Picture: ALEXBRYLOVHK/Adobe Stock

Other 31 August 2021

Post-pandemic support for children and young people

Lessons can be learned from the improved identification and recording of CSE cases. Picture: Fizkes/Adobe Stock

Research 31 August 2021

Child sexual exploitation: research evidence

Sunrise’s engagement work aims to reach all 33,000 young people living in Rochdale. Picture: Peter/Adobe Stock

Features 31 August 2021

Rochdale multi-agency team supports CSE victims

One-to-one support sessions with at-risk young people cover safety, grooming aspects, exploitation and healthy relationships. Picture: The Children's Society

Features 31 August 2021

Project helps Essex young people vulnerable to exploitation

Multi-agency working needs a holistic, ‘outward-looking’ approach to foster understanding between partners. Picture: TMLSPHOTOG/Adobe Stock

Features 31 August 2021

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency working

Mentors from Croydon-based charity Lives Not Knives work with vulnerable young people who face multiple challenges against a volatile backdrop of rising knife crime

Features 27 July 2021

A decade on from the summer riots

YOT staff reported a mixed picture regarding remote engagement of young people. Picture: shintartanya/Adobe Stock

Analysis 27 July 2021

How YOTs adapted in pandemic