Young people felt that professionals often focused on poorer outcomes, ignoring the potential of care leavers. Picture: Daniel Ernst/Adobe Stock

Care-experienced young people challenge stereotypes in shaping charity’s marketing

Youth Work
Children take part in creative activities that help them to explore their feelings

How peer support helps children cope better with grief

Health
Learning Through Play uses games to improve children’s executive function skills. Picture: watcherfox/Adobe Stock

Learning Through Play, USA

Education
Wakefield Council has boosted investment in children’s services by £14m a year as part of efforts to turn around performance. Picture: Wakefield Council

Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight

Children's Services
The Ferret: sniffing out stories that have gone to ground. Picture: ADog'sLifePhoto/Adobe Stock

The Ferret: ‘Amazing’ social workers get sweet deal from DCS

Children's Services
New government proposals would only allow over-16s to live in supported accommodation. Picture: Adobe Stock

Children’s home providers 'to expand into supported accommodation' if regulated

Social Care
Spending on children's and young people's services fell five times faster in deprived areas. Picture: Adobe Stock

Living in poverty 'increases risk of childhood trauma'

Social Care
The announcement is the first made by new children's minister Vicky Ford. Picture: Parliament UK

Minister launches consultation on school support for vulnerable children

Education
The Mulberry Bush School’s “staff therapeutic milieu” supports group living and group learning through which therapy occurs. Picture: The Mulberry Bush School

Therapeutic Care Special Report: Research evidence

Social Care
The demand for therapeutic care has never been greater. Picture: Photographee.eu/Adobe Stock

Therapeutic Care: Special Report

Health
One-to-one support has been cut at some schools to ease financial pressures, Ofsted said. Picture: Adobe Stock

Children with SEND 'worst affected' by school funding pressures

Special Educational Needs
Robin Porter, chief executive at Luton Council said he is "absolutely committed" to improving standards. Picture: Luton Council

Luton 'truly sorry' after Ofsted rates children's services 'inadequate'

Children's Services