Just three per cent of health visitors say they are able to provide “an excellent service”. Picture: Adobe Stock

Guide to Qualifications and Training 2024/25: Health

Health
Young people supported the idea of a mentorship scheme to help transitions to adult services, the report finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Justice

Youth Justice
Children need reassurance that practitioners value their expertise by experience. Picture: FIZKES/Adobe Stock

Guide to Qualifications and Training 2024/25: Leadership

Children's Services
One in 10 calls received by the NSPCC Helpline about physical punishment were from children. Picture: Adobe Stock

NSPCC calls for greater legal protection for children against physical punishment

Social Care
Pause supports women whose children have been taken into care. Picture: Pause

Supporting the parents of children in kinship care

Guest Blog
Florence Kroll is director of children's services at Greenwich Council. Picture: ADCS

Reflecting on school results day and holidays

The ADCS Blog
Devon County Council apologised for the poor standard of support offered to the boy. Picture: Devon council

Council’s ‘unfathomable’ indecision left teenager with autism facing homelessness

Education
Digitally excluded young people are more at risk of fake news, a report finds. Picture: AdobeStock

Digitally excluded children at greater risk of fake news, researchers warn

Youth Work
Jill Colbert improved Sunderland's children's services rating to 'outstanding'. Picture: TfC

Jill Colbert to become children's services chief in Nottingham

Children's Services
Leicester City Council officials joined staff from Scope Construction at the ground breaking ceremony. Picture: Leicester council

Work starts on Leicester council's new children's home

Social Care
Donna Ohdeda is an independent reviewer and child safeguarding specialist

Children are being failed by current strip search system

Social Care
Paul Oginsky is chief executive of youth work charity Vibe

Riots reaction: how Vibe youth workers have supported the Southport community

Youth Work