Executive leads for children in each integrated care board offers a chance to ensure that children remain a focus in the health service. Picture: LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS/Adobe Stock

NHS at 75: The major challenges facing children’s health services

Professor Mike Seal said employers still “want and recognise the quality” that a degree in youth and community work gives

Youth workers: degree vs apprenticeship debate

Youth Work
Place-based approaches to tackling unemployment need more co-ordination and funding, say researchers. Picture: Tom Julier

Tailoring Neet interventions

Cost-of-living
Devon County Council ran an Apprentice-style foster carer recruitment campaign. Picture: fizkes/Adobe Stock

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Children's Services
O’Hara: ‘The story of social work is not in the tick-box’

Interview: Peter O’Hara, health and social care technology entrepreneur

Children's Services
New to Nature offered young people from diverse backgrounds access to entry-level roles and a better insight into potential careers in the environmental sector

World of work made open to all

Youth Work
The SEND Review aims to shift the focus to early intervention to reduce the number of children requiring intensive support. Picture: Prostock-studio/Adobe Stock

SLC on the agenda

Education
Vital early support for children with hearing loss was reduced during the pandemic. Picture: satura_/Adobe Stock

How to repair damage caused by the pandemic to children’s development?

Education
Meath’s classes are based around the pace at which children are capable of learning. Picture: Наталия Кузина/Adobe Stock

Digital campaign boosts language outcomes

Education
The Stoke Speaks Out strategy improved rates of school-readiness for children in the city. Picture: johnalexandr/Adobe Stock

Supporting communication needs in the early years of childhood

Education
Schools will know more about the timing of inspections. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Inspections Clinic: Changes to school inspections

Education
The Covid-19 crisis has been linked to a deterioration in young people’s mental health. Picture: Rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock

Trends in Eating Disorder and Self-harm Incidence Rates Since Covid-19

Health