The decline of open-access youth work and how to turn it around

Youth Work
Steve Chalke: Oasis Restore will provide an environment where young people feel safe and secure. Picture: Oasis Charitable Trust

Oasis partners with south London youth organisation

Youth Work
Foster carers have offered advice to those considering the role. Picture: Adobe Stock

Investigation reveals stark regional differences in foster carer payments

Social Care
Colin Foster is chief executive of Northamptonshire Children’s Trust

Kind eyes – how do we replace judgment with curiosity?

Health

Fire service seeks views on new working with young people qualification

Children's Services
Thousands of settings have closed in a year, Ofsted finds. Picture: AdobeStock

More than 400 nurseries closed over last two years, research finds

Early Years

Commissioner rejects ‘costly and time consuming’ trust model for Tameside’s children’s services

Social Care
Some youth bodies used the call for evidence as a chance to express frustrations about existing guidance. Picture: Adobe Stock

Warning over voluntary youth providers' low funding reserves

Youth Work

Tougher action needed to tackle children’s oral health crisis, ministers told

Health
Researchers suggest extending compulsory education would mitigate pandemic learning loss. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Council launches formal consultation on school closures amid falling pupil numbers

Education
A 12-year-old boy has been sentenced at Liverpool Youth Court following riots in August

Boy, 12, youngest person to be sentenced over riot offences

Youth Justice

Episode 10: Riots response; social worker shortage; residential care policy