Five principles of good SEND transition support

Education

Partnership meets children’s needs

Education

Legal Update: Labour’s care policy priorities

Social Care
Ofsted said ‘innovative social work practice’ contributed to Telford and Wrekin’s second consecutive ‘outstanding’ rating

Local Spotlight: Telford and Wrekin Council

Social Care
Adopteens gives young adoptees new opportunities and the confi dence to talk on subjects important to them

Adopted teens collaborate to have their voices reshape the social care system

Children's Services
Harkin: 'I care that they will not relive the past, that they will understand that everyone deserves their place in a shared community.'

How I Got Here: David Harkin, youth worker

Community sentencing and restorative justice
Keir Starmer has announced greater support for care leavers in accessing social housing

Prime Minister pledges better access to social housing for care leavers

Social Care
Kinship care features in manifestos from all three main parties. Picture: Prostock Studio/Adobe Stock

Unequal financial support blighting kinship care system, report finds

Social Care
Obesity levels decreased in reception aged children but rose and 10- and 11-year-olds. Picture: Adobe Stock/Pavla Zakova

Young people struggle to afford healthy food, research warns

Health
Okezie: “We need to balance painting the picture of need with equipping young people with the tenacity to navigate this situation. We can’t remove hope from the narrative”

UK Youth chief Ndidi Okezie to step down from role

Youth Work
Paul Lindley: ‘If we are going to solve this problem, we need to look at all times, places and spaces that children play’

Interview: Paul Lindley, Ella's Kitchen founder and play commission chair

Early Years
Elvin: 'We need a service structure that is dedicated to children in all types of care'

A national care service delivered locally

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