Early help services

Early help funding for youngest children funnelled to crisis support

Social Care
Stoke's five-year improvement plan prioritised early help with the use of restorative practice and family group conferencing

Local Spotlight update: Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Children's Services

Mental health services failing parents seeking help for their children, charity warns

Health
A new Prime Minister will be instated on 5 September. Picture: Adobe Stock

Government confirms £270mn early help grant allocations

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

Councils to gain new powers to monitor children not in school

Early Years
The care bank would allow local authorities to work with children and carers to establish placements. Picture: Adobe Stock

Grant will invest extra £250mn into early family support services

Social Care