Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is
he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?
So the unelectable Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the leader of
the Labour Party. He will now lead an allegedly unelectable opposition to Her Majesty's government.
Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive
overview.
As young people begin the new school year, the current national focus on mental health sees pupil wellbeing high on the agenda - so what role should school nurses play to address problems early and improve mental health?
In light of dwindling numbers of childcare staff enrolling on higher level training courses, the government has watered down qualification requirements for the sector. Early years groups explain what the changes will mean.
Funding cuts coupled with increased demand for services are intensifying the recruitment challenges for children's services employers. Joe Lepper explores the trends across the children's workforce.
New training and qualification standards for residential care
workers should help improve the skills of the sector's workforce, but addressing historically low wages and the job's poor profile are also
key, say experts.
Doncaster's children's trust close to launch; £5.8m of extra children's services funds approved in Bucks; and attending nursery gives children advantage in later life, all in the news today.
Initiative to highlight examples of youth volunteering; social worker suspended for falsifying records; and parents warn of the dangers of water to children, all in the news today.
Academies boss appointed as new Ofsted chair; funding given for gang work in London; and careers advice fails to influence most young people's job choices, all in the news today.
New laws to protect FGM victims set to be announced; MPs launch youth training inquiry; and Sandwell Council to offer jobs guarantee to young unemployed, all in the news today.
NSPCC chief wants child abuse reporting duty; Labour outlines vocational degree training plans; and headteacher warns of mental health risks to pupils, all in the news today.
Khan to outline Labour youth custody plans; child poverty rises over past year; and more primary teachers to be trained in delivering PE, all in the news today.
Youth work courses are continuing to adapt to meet changing employment conditions in the sector. Charlotte Goddard examines how institutions are preparing students for employment opportunities.
Care applications continuing to fall; Wilshaw appears to back down in no-notice school inspection row; and fair-funding formula for education authorities unlikely before next election, all in the news today.
Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.