Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: Online abuse: Facebook has announced that it has removed 8.7 million pieces of content that violated their child nudity or
Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: Strengths-based social care: The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published a report, written jointly with Leeds City
Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils’ experiences at school: The BBC reports that the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee
Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: Children’s access to healthy food: The Food Foundation has released a report analysing Public Health England’s (PHE) Eatwell guide,
Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: SEND complaints: guide for young people: The Department for Education (DfE) has published guidance for young people aged 16-25 in
Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: Number of admissions to hospital of girls under 18 after self-harming has nearly doubled: The Guardian reports that figures provided
Children and young people’s mental health: focus group research
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England has published findings from focus group research carried out to understand the views of children and young people, parents and
Teacher say children face mental health epidemic
Teenage mental health charity stem4 have released findings from a survey of teachers looking at children and young people’s mental health issues in schools. Findings from an online survey of
Do distressed or troubled children need therapy?
Earlier this week I read a fascinating article, We Need to Talk About Children’s Mental Health – and the Elephants in the Room, by Elizabeth Gregory who is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working
Suicide in England and Wales increasing among young people
The Guardian reports on figures that show the overall the number of deaths by suicide among those age 10 to 19 in England and Wales has increased by 24 per cent
Thousands of older teenagers facing serious risks because of a “cliff edge” in support
Tens of thousands of older teenagers facing serious risks including child sexual exploitation and mental health issues are missing out on vital support because of a “cliff edge” in support,
Children’s & youth work links
Links from the world of children’s and youth ministry: Being Present is the Best Present: Beth Craig writes on the importance of being present to support volunteers in youth ministry. A new