Future Roots works to create a feeling of safety and belonging for young people, providing them with unique opportunities to gain skills and qualifications on the farm. Picture: Future Roots

Future Roots: The farm that helps young people grow

Youth Justice
Practitioners should build trusting relationships with young people to avoid triggering feelings of a power imbalance. Picture: Adobe Stock

Trauma-Informed Services: Policy Context

Social Care
The study looked at how trauma-informed care is used in English social care teams. Picture: Adobe Stock

Research evidence: Trauma-informed approaches within children’s social care

Children's Services
Training includes group exercises encouraging participants to apply their learning. Picture: Adobe Stock

Online resource helps young people recover from trauma of care and custody systems

Social Care
Family Action’s approach helps families by empowering them to develop the skills they need to ensure their needs are met. Picture: Adobe Stock

Family Action embeds trauma-informed practice at heart of provision

Children's Services
Illustration: Tettygreen/Adobe Stock

Arts-based Learning Fund

Management
Case widens scope for parents to raise any benefits. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Legal Update: Parent power in EHCPs

Special Educational Needs
Michelle Wood and Nicola Golightly with two of the bags created by young people printed by charity Blue Cabin

Care-experienced young people gain skills by designing tote bags to help their peers

Youth Work
Debra Barton: “My friends have often said snap me in half and I have early years written through me, prick me with a pin and I will bleed paint and glue.”

How I Got Here: Debra Barton, early years specialist lead, Ministry of Defence

Early Years
Zahra Printer also works in care leaver policy for the DfE. Picture: Care Leaver Covenant

Care Leaver Covenant appoints first care-experienced chair

Social Care
Agencies have been accused of 'hoovering up' socials workers from local authorities. Picture: Adobe Stock

Agency social work teams cost councils £41m over five years, investigation reveals

Social Care
CYP Now’s special report on trauma-informed services summarises the key policy drivers shaping trauma-based practice and interventions. Picture: Adobe Stock

Special Report: Trauma-Informed Services

Social Care