Jo Davidson is former director of The Staff College

The time to diversify children’s services is now

Children's Services
Mark Russell is chief executive of The Children’s Society

Levelling up is about more than better grades

Children's Services
Employers must build opportunities for staff to reflect and learn from each other as lack of peer support is cited as one of the biggest disadvantages of remote working. Picture: InsideCreativeHouse/Adobe Stock

Remote working in children’s services

Service configuration
A therapeutic community is an immersive approach. Picture: Tiko/Adobe Stock

Therapeutic Communities: Policy context

Mental Health
Participants developed greater awareness and therapeutic skills through training. Picture: deagreez/Adobe Stock

Parenting recovery programme tackles child trauma

Social Care
Amberleigh’s work focuses on issues such as attachment, resilience and self-esteem

Amberleigh breaks from norm with larger care settings

Social Care
Childhood First’s five residential children’s homes hold special events for their former residents to help them stay in touch

Psychoanalytic and family systemic approach helps Childhood First improve young lives

Residential Children's Care
Some young people likened the transition from care to independent living to being abandoned with support suddenly dropping away. Picture: Adobe Stock

Inspections Clinic: Leaving care services

Social Care
Councils that embrace co-designed commissioning aim to avoid the ‘care cliff’ young people leaving care can face. Picture: Art_Photo/Adobe Stock

Better support for care leavers

Leaving care
Employers and education providers need to be aware of the needs of care-experienced young people. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Guide to funding the journey from care

Commissioning
Researchers looked at representation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in social services. Picture: Fresnel6/Adobe Stock

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England

Social Care
Illustration: James Thew/Adobe Stock

Youth Investment Fund

Funding