Alternatives such as mediation could save court time. Picture: endostock/Adobe Stock

Legal Update: Tackling family court delays

Legal
Training delivered by the programme’s coaches aims to empower young people with the skills to change their own futures. Pictures: Resurgo

Breaking barriers to employment and education

Youth Work
Street League’s youth board helps shape decisions on how the charity improves and develops its programmes. Picture: Street League

Street League creates youth board to better amplify young people's voices

Youth Work
Claire Scott: “Throughout my various counselling roles I knew that I enjoyed working with young people the most”

How I Got Here: Claire Scott, child exploitation caseworker

Social Care
Pause will be forced to close three support services, the charity says. Picture: Pause

Support services for women who have children removed set to close

Social Care
Nearly three-quarters of local authorities said that local childcare providers had to increase prices for parents to cope with rising costs. Picture: Rawpixel.com / Adobe Stock

Cost-of-living crisis reducing staffing in childcare settings, survey finds

Early Years
Therapeutic approaches in residential care are increasingly being applied in services for fostered children. Picture: Gelpi/Adobe Stock

Therapeutic Care Special Report

Social Care
A lack of suitable placements for siblings contributes to the increasing numbers of children being split from relatives, the report states. Picture: Adobe Stock

One in three children in care separated from siblings, research finds

Social Care
Ofsted's chief inspector Amanda Spielman said that supported accommodation should be 'caring, kind and nurturing.' Picture: Ofsted

Ofsted chief warns against ‘oversimplified’ regulation of supported accommodation

Social Care
Chief inspector of probation Justin Russell described Swindon's YJS as 'incredible and, sometimes, unnoticed'. Picture: HMI Probation

Swindon youth offending service ‘a credit to the town’, inspectors say

Youth Justice
Richard Cross is head of assessment and therapy at Five Rivers Child Care. Picture: Five Rivers Child Care

Thousands of siblings split up in the care system

Guest Blog
Sarah Jones is director of commissioning, partnerships and resources at Norfolk County Council. Picture: Adobe Stock

Turning the corner on improvement

The ADCS Blog