Family court advisers support children the subject of public and private law cases. Image: AdobeStock

Family court body raises concerns over Cafcass training scheme

Social Care
PAC chair Meg Hillier: 'DfE needs to carry out a lessons-learned exercise'.

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Children's Services
An additional 11,000 children each week became eligible for free school meals last year. Image: AdobeStock

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Education
The universal credit two-child limit policy has affected up to 1.25m children according to estimates. Image: AdobeStock

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Social Care
Scouts' youth membership has fallen by a quarter over the past year. Image: Scouts Association

Scouts launches recruitment campaign to tackle volunteer exodus

Youth Work
Charlotte Ramsden says “placements must meet children’s needs”. Picture: Adobe Stock/Hero Images

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Social Care
More than 500,000 families have been supported through the programme with joblessness, mental health issues, antisocial behaviour and truanting. Picture: Adobe Stock/Rafael Ben-Ari

Experts call for revamped Troubled Families scheme to focus on poverty

Children's Services
According to latest data, 30,000 childcare providers are at risk of closure this year. Picture: Adobe Stock

Priorities for childcare strategy

Early Years
Jessica Southgate, Agenda, and Pippa Goodfellow, the Alliance for Youth Justice

How justice system fails girls

Youth Justice
Gifford: a year-round offer would target more children from disadvantaged backgrounds

NCS boss sets out plans to expand scheme

Youth Work
Javed Khan: “The current care system is reactive, with children bounced around placements in an emergency”

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Social Care
Experts fear new social workers lack experience to take on cases in family courts. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe Stock

Cafcass scheme raises concerns

Social Care