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

Shift the balance of power in youth justice

Youth Justice
Young leaders worked together to suggest policy changes to benefit communities

Young leaders set out vision for a ChildFair society

Youth Work
Tessy Ojo: ‘Young people value the opportunity to lead’

Interview: Tessy Ojo, chief executive, The Diana Award

Interview
Young people report improvements in confidence, feeling ‘calmer’ and ‘more positive’ about life after taking part in weekly surf lessons with the Wave Project. Picture: Bella Rose Bunce

Riding the wave of social prescribing

Health
The search for better value has seen more children placed in homes miles away from their local communities. Picture: Tomsickova/Adobe Stock

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

Management
It is hoped a regional approach will make the commissioning process more efficient. Picture: PEOPLEIMAGES.COM/Adobe Stock

The big debate: Will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places?

Management
Gloucestershire created services to accommodate young people’s complex needs. Picture: Zamrznuti tonovi/Adobe Stock

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Social Care
Profiles created with each child captures their wishes for a personal care pathway. Picture: yavdat/Adobe Stock

Step-down service improves placement stability

Social Care
Close collaboration means councils are able to make better use of their capacity. Picture: Ekkasit A Siam/Adobe Stock

Regional sufficiency strategy controls costs

Management
A legal definition could give clarity to kinship carers. Picture: Svitlana/Adobe Stock

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Social Care
Assurance inspections will check whether recommendations from previous inspections are being implemented. Picture: mapo/Adobe Stock

Inspections Clinic: 10 key questions on STC assurance visits

Youth Justice
Tom Ravenscroft, founder and chief executive, Skills Builder Partnership

Leadership: Investing in essential skills

Management