First of all, Hello to SET- the Social Educational Trust Click here to read about SET

SET has taken over responsibility for the web magazine, though it is the Trust's intention to continue editorial policy as before, and we hope that you won't see the join.

SET is concerned to promote high standards of social education. It is a relatively new charity, having been set up early in 2000, but its impact in the fields of childcare and social education will no doubt be felt in various areas as it swings into action. Watch this space.

For the present, from the Editor's chair, we greatly welcome their support, and look forward to collaborating in delivering the message that quality matters in services for children and young people. The Institute of Childcare and Social Education will also continue to support the magazine, both through its own home-page and by contributing material.

There's something for everyone in the November issue

On the professional front :

Keith White asks if anyone is interested in the educational attainments of children looked after.
Bob Holman questions the way the Government plans to share out money through the Children's Fund.
John Pressley looks back on change over the last twenty-five years, and asks in what ways we have progressed.
Gus Greene talks about the advantages and pitfalls of children's forums.
We review the recent heart-rending BBC TV drama 'Care', about the abuse of children in Welsh children's homes.
Terry Hoon poses the question to childcare workers of their own role in responsibility for the state of the profession.


On the lighter front :

Kathleen Lane has made it to New York with its sights, pancakes and maple syrup…..
We've included a moral tale in verse, with apologies to Hilaire Belloc.

Internationally :

Grete Bencke describes FESET, a piece which may appear to just the history of another international body but which recounts the struggle on the part of people across Europe to achieve status and quality in the training of workers with children and young people and which highlights the hard work which has to be put in to achieve co-operation internationally.
Avraham Barashi describes services provided by an Israeli childcare agency, adapted to meet the needs of children from different religious groups.


In the Editorials :

We say nice things about the Government (in the webmag)
and in the International Section, regret the postponement of the latest FICE meeting and the sad reasons for it, with the deeper web of problems underlying.

Information:
The date has just been announced for the memorial service to Barbara Kahan. >>click here

 

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