Emma Harewood is strategic lead at The Lighthouse

Influencing without authority

Management
Martin Bisp: “I decided I would rather fail in being brave, than live comfortably never knowing if I really had it in me”

How I Got Here: Martin Bisp

Youth Work
Participating schools audit their anti-bullying practice, taking in everything from staff training to the types of intervention used. Pictures: Posed by models/Adobe Stock

Whole-school approach brings down bullying

Education
The recruitment of foster carers in Sweden is managed by a national board, potentially leading to greater economies of scale

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

Social Care
SidebySide volunteers provide support to help care leavers achieve independence

#Chances4Children: Bespoke service supports care leavers

Chances4Children
Research suggests more than 2,000 young people in care or care leavers are yet to have applications submitted to the EU Settlement Scheme. Picture: Adobe Stock

Thousands of children in care risk missing EU Settlement Scheme deadline, charity warns

Social Care
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Guide to Contextual Safeguarding: Identifying risk from extra-familial harm

Social Care
Children and young people use the Mind of My Own app to share how they feel with caseworkers. Picture: MOMO

Digital Innovation in Social Care: Special Report

Social Care
Gangs are using social media to establish local drugs networks, report finds. Image: Adobe Stock

Drug gangs ‘using social media to groom young people’

Youth Justice
Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, in Northamptonshire, has been run by MTC since 2016. Picture: MTC

MPs ‘shocked and appalled’ by treatment of children at STC

Youth Justice
The Troubled Families programme supported more than 400,000 people to tackle problems. Image: Adobe Stock

Government launches Supporting Families programme and scraps 'troubled families' name

Children's Services
Use of physical restraint on children increased last year, according to research by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England. Picture: Adobe Stock

Campaign calls for ban on handcuffing children

Youth Justice