Isolation impacts on children’s learning and wellbeing
Isolation due to COVID-19 is impacting on children’s learning and welfare, the chief inspector of Ofsted has warned.
Publishing the third set of reports into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on children and young people, Amanda Spielman warned that repeated isolation has chipped away at the progress pupils have made since returning to school in [...]
Terence Simmons on his time at WillisPalmer ahead of his retirement
My working life began at just turned 14 and 56 years later I have decided to call it a day. Like many people I’m not entirely sure how I finished up in social work but 1980 saw me entering the fray. One thing I discovered quite quickly was that I am not an organisation person [...]
Coalition of charities urge child imprisonment to end
Children’s prisons in England should be closed, a coalition of charities have urged.
The coalition including Article 39, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Child Rights International Network, Howard League for Penal Reform, INQUEST, Just for Kids Law, the National Association for Youth Justice, the Standing Committee for Youth Justice and leading children’s rights and [...]
Local Government Ombudsman urges local authorities to scrutinise services for children in care
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has urged local authorities to scrutinise the services they are providing for children in care.
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Michael King has published a report highlighting the cases of children who have been let down by local authorities and the difficulties they have endured as a result.
Michael [...]
Government urged to invest in students’ mental health
The government has been urged to invest in student’s mental health after a National Union of Students survey found that more than half of students reported that their mental health had deteriorated as a result of COVID-19.
The NUS survey found that while 52 per cent of students said their mental health had been affected negatively [...]
Better support for children’s mental health but most vulnerable wait too long for help
Improvements in mental health services have resulted in more timely identification, referrals and support, a joint inspection report has found.
The inspection by Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and HM Inspectorate of Probation found that more children with mental health needs are getting the right support at the [...]
