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10/02/2025: ‘Staggering’ rise in youth homelessness reported
A “staggering” 12% rise in youth homeless has been recorded in England – with analysis suggesting that councils are unable to assess a third of cases due to the pressures.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
10/02/2025: Guidance for appropriate adults – updated guidance from the Home Office
On 18 December 2024, the Home Office updated its guidance for appropriate adults. The guidance is aimed at appropriate adults assisting during a child’s detention, attending a voluntary interview under caution or detention for a strip search.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
09/02/2025: Lack of child therapy puts strain on parent groups
A retired GP says parent support groups are having to be created due to a lack of quality therapy services for young people.
09/02/2025: Mother turns cancer experience into children’s book
A mother and teacher has used the life-changing experience of a cancer diagnosis to develop a children’s book to help families deal with tough questions.
09/02/2025: The importance of multi-agency collaboration in protecting children from exploitation
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is part of a new hub focused on reducing risk outside the home for children and young people.
09/02/2025: Successful special educational needs complaints in England quadruple in four years
Rising demand and ballooning council deficits have left a threadbare service – and children and parents in crisis.
08/02/2025: Children still being sent far from home for mental health care in England
Figures show practice continues eight years after pledge to end it, potentially impeding young people’s recovery.
07/02/2025: Call to expand parenting programmes for struggling families after promising study findings
Experts are calling for greater investment in parenting programmes after latest research shows providing support for struggling parents can deliver a range of improved outcomes for them and their children.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
07/02/2025: Strong evidence parenting support services improve outcomes for families in adversity, councils told
Latest practice guide to what works in children’s social care says interventions can improve parenting skills and child behaviour and lessen stress levels in families
07/02/2025: Intimate Image Abuse is Not Going Away – 10 Years of the Revenge Porn Helpline
After 10 years of working on the Revenge Porn Helpline I have seen the landscape of intimate image abuse change significantly. This increasingly common behaviour has now been recognised as one of most significant harms across the globe.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
06/02/2025: ‘Suicide website users encouraged our teen son to drink poison’
“I saw my son fighting for his last breath,” says Anna Nikolin-Caisley. “He went in agony.”
06/02/2025: Exclusion for knives ‘too simple’, says Estyn chief
Understanding why children bring knives into school is better than a blanket exclusion policy, the chief inspector of Welsh education inspectorate Estyn has said.