Fiona Simpson: 'Tying youth services to violence prevention so closely risks increasing stigma around access to support'

Minsters must work with sector to save residentials

Youth Work

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Youth Work
Claire Coutinho has called on the housing sector to allow childminders to operate in rented properties. Picture: Department for Education

Children's minister Claire Coutinho promoted to Energy Secretary

Social Care
SEND services in Oldham are in need of improvement, inspectors found. picture: Sakhan Photography/Adobe Stock

Inspectors criticise council’s SEND provision in damning report

Education
AutismAble CIC was among the recipients of the fund. Picture: AutismAble CIC/Twitter

Youth services granted funding to deter antisocial behaviour

Youth Work
In 2022/23, 42 per cent of children in the youth custody estate were on remand. Picture: Adobe Stock

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

Youth Justice
Scouts celebrate at the closing ceremony of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Seoul. Picture: Martyn Milner/Scout Association

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Youth Work
Families First for Children will trial moves towards locally based, multi-disciplinary family help services ‘to keep families together’. Picture: Rido/Adobe Stock

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Social Care
'We saw a service that is enthusiastic about giving children the opportunity to move away from a life of crime,' Russell says in his report. Picture: HMI Probation

Justin Russell charts key youth justice developments

Youth Justice
Research found mental health improvements to last well beyond counselling sessions. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe Stock

Briefing: School counselling

Education
Discharge proceedings are potentially distressing for parents and children alike. Picture: Tanya Volkova/Adobe Stock

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Children's Services
Lord Jim Knight: “I don’t think summing up someone’s leadership or the entirety of what a school does with a single word is appropriate”

Interview: Lord Jim Knight, chair of an independent review of Ofsted

Children's Services