The white paper states that it is important that custodial sentences reflect the seriousness of offending. Picture: Peter Crane

Plans to reform child sentences

Youth Justice
Participants will be able to draw on coaching from voluntary youth sector leaders. Picture: ASDF/Adobe Stock

Young leaders hone their skills

Youth Work
The authors envisage a public and fully integrated early childhood education system. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Early Years
Okezie: “We need to balance painting the picture of need with equipping young people with the tenacity to navigate this situation. We can’t remove hope from the narrative”

Interview – Ndidi Okezie, chief executive, UK Youth

Youth Work
Craig Bennett: "Outdoor learning can offer solutions to the multiple challenges that children and young people are facing.” Picture: Richard Jinman

Embrace nature to transform children’s experience of learning

Education
Fast-track training programme Teach First attracts high-quality graduates to teach in disadvantaged areas. Picture: wavebreak3/Adobe Stock

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

Careers
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Twenty years of youth offending teams

Youth Offending
Councils are exploring methods to reduce the number of young people placed in residential accommodation. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe stock

Residential Care: Policy context

Residential and specialist care

The Outcome of Institutional Youth Care Compared to Non-Institutional Youth Care for Children of Primary School Age and Early Adolescence: a Multi-Level Meta-Analysis

Residential and specialist care
Glebe House is run as a therapeutic community for young men with needs related to sexually harmful behaviour

‘Why Wouldn’t You Have a Circle?’ An Evaluation of the Glebe House Circles Pilot

Social Care

Social Pedagogical Perspectives on Fidelity to a Manual: Professional Principles and Dilemmas in Everyday Expertise

Social Care
"Playful encounters" through play therapy can support practitioners’ work in meeting children’s emotional and relational needs. Picture: eric/Adobe Stock

Play Therapy Insights into Everyday Social Pedagogical Practice in Residential Child Care

Residential and specialist care