In the latest edition of CYP Now: Focus on SEMH; social work on TV; gangs and young people

Must reads include:

• How educators are developing new ways to meet children’s social, emotional and mental health needs

• What the children’s social work sector is doing to change the negative portrayal of the profession in TV dramas

• Former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield sets out her plans for Sure Start hubs for teenagers to reduce exploitation threat

• Proposals for mandatory reporting of child sex abuse for practitioners gets mixed reaction from sector

• Government sets out details on new UK Youth Parliament tender that experts say could extend its reach

Useful practice articles include:

• Authors identify the features of promising social care responses to extra-familial risks and harms

• Advice for educators on how the inspection outcomes framework is being applied in special schools

• Expert sets out five key must-knows for children’s services leaders when developing new services

• How one project has developed training for obesity prevention work in early years settings

• Best practice advice on using supervision orders

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