Youth Justice
Over the last few days some big reports and research linked to youth justice have been published: A Rights-Based Analysis of Youth Justice in the UK: Unicef (UK) has recently published
Social work news and links
Big news and links from the world of social work: Statement on new EU ePrivacy rules and the implications for children: The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a statement on
Review of children’s social care launched
The government has launched an independent review into the children’s social care sector in England. It will be lead by a former teacher, Josh MacAlister, who founded the social work
Assembly: Tolerance
This was the assembly I gave this morning at one of our local Junior schools, on the theme of tolerance: The past few hundred years have been marked by ethnic
The secret to better listening
Youth work is all about quality relationships. A good youth worker needs to be a great listener. So how do you do it? Repeating back what someone is saying to