Thousands of apprenticeships should be reserved for 16 to 18-year-olds who are being fostered in the care system, the Government is being urged. Barnardo’s said 20,000 placements should be made
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Jobless young adults will face losing benefits unless they take part in a “boot camp” to get them ready for the world of work, the chairman of a Government taskforce
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Earlier this month young people across Scotland anxiously waited for their exam results and parents will have been on hand with a supportive hug to congratulate or console their children.
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Following Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy’s comments on whether police officers were the best professionals to deal with young people who repeatedly go missing, BASW England
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The University of Strathclyde will further strengthen its support for young people in, and leaving, the care system with the launch of a new mentoring scheme. The scheme is part
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The National Third Sector GIRFEC Project aims to reduce inequalities for children, young people and families by creating, nurturing and enabling partnerships within and between the third and statutory sectors
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Transgender (trans)* young people engaging in survival sex in the United Kingdom and the United States is a major research gap and this blog will introduce a limited selection of
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New funding for an In Work Support package for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable young people has been announced by the Minister for Youth and Women’s Employment. The £302,500 funding
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Abstract Young people in care and care leavers want to know that their corporate parents (the local authority, collectively with other relevant services) will care for them and do their
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Too many young people in care are not receiving the support they need when they leave to start life on their own, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. The National
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