Carey Oppenheim, early childhood lead, and Jordan Rehill, researcher, Nuffield Foundation

The changing needs of childhood

Early Years
The book hopes to provide information to ensure care leavers are fully supported. Picture: Bettys Photos/Adobe Stock

Four key leaving care challenges

Leaving Care
Morley: “Face-to-face provision will remain central”

Interview: Kathryn Morley, OnSide chief executive

Interview
The adoption sector has become a leader in embedding anti-discriminatory approaches to tackle racism, sexism and homophobia across training, policy and practice. Picture: First 4 Adoption

Four decades of adoption & fostering

Social Care
Professionals are required to consider whether wider environmental factors pose a threat to children’s safety. Picture: Hakase420/Adobe Stock

Contextual Safeguarding: Policy context

Social Care
Assessments focused on individual behaviours rather than addressing contexts. Picture: Hanna/Adobe Stock

Contextual Risk, Individualised Responses: An Assessment of Safeguarding Responses to Nine Cases of Peer-on-Peer Abuse

Social Care
Studies show that practitioners must examine the relationship between the school context and the harm that occurs or is facilitated there. Picture: benschonewille/Adobe Stock

Keeping Children Safe? Advancing Social Care Assessments to Address Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools

Social Care
Relocation may be an opportunity to secure a young person’s physical safety but it can pose a risk to their relational and psychological safety. Picture: Bublikhaus/Adobe Stock

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves for Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence

Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
The paper asks whether it is social workers’ role to prevent and intervene in cases of abuse of children – or to work with families. Picture: Adobe Stock, posed by model

No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings

Social Care
Youth Now aims to effect change in communities blighted by violence in Oldham. Picture: SakhanPhotography/Adobe Stock

Contextual Safeguarding tackles youth violence in Oldham

Social Care
Early intervention work helps young people at risk to connect with their families. Picture: Motortion/Adobe Stock

Contextual Safeguarding helps Wiltshire to hone social work practice

Safeguarding and child protection
Settings have reported success in using technology to communicate with parents and are keen to continue. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe Stock

Early years inspections during Covid

Early Years