09/01/2025: Consultation launches to tackle low numbers of suitably qualified youth workers

Youth workers are being urged to give their views on proposals to overhaul qualifications and training for the role in a bid to tackle recruitment challenges and improve their career progression.

Children and Young People Now

09/01/2025: Children’s social care reform bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

MPs give in-principle backing to legislation that would introduce multi-agency child protection teams, tighten regulation of placement providers and require meetings with families to explore alternatives to care.

Community Care

09/01/2025: Five Reasons To Abolish Short-Term Custodial Sentences For Children

Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.

Russell Webster