Use of force against children in young offender institutions and secure training centres is up by nearly a third on a year ago, new government statistics reveal.
Social Workers Without Borders is urging the government to take action over the hundreds of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who have gone missing from Home Office hotels.
More children are in need of assessments under the Mental Health Act but training and the resources to support them are not keeping up with demand, says Sarah Redmond, an approved mental health professional
Ministers are due to give their response to the "once in a generation opportunity to transform children's social care" any day now. Professional Social Work magazine considers what they might say