Adoption Disability Government Interventional 
Community Care
MARCH 5, 2024
Despite the focus of current government reforms on intervening early to help children stay with their families, they are insufficiently focused on those on child in need (CIN) plans, said the rights watchdog. And though 27.5% of children in need were on a CIN plan as of March 2022 nationally, the rate varied from 3.6% ”
Community Care
JANUARY 18, 2022
A London borough has agreed to pay £2,500 to a disabled boy and his adoptive mother after issuing care proceedings on “incomplete and flawed information”. The court did not recommend a care order after Y’s guardian noted that some recommendations for support and intervention had been made but had not implemented.
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Community Care
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The council came under government intervention in 2019 after an inspection found children were not being protected, cases were being “inappropriately closed” and leaders did not understand the extent of the failings. Practitioners were also praised for effectively safeguarding disabled children.
The Critical Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Click to find out more This chapter provides: an understanding of the framework for the SEND CoP within the context of past legislation and guidance; identification of the current principles underpinning the current CoP; a consideration of definitions and terminology within the field of SEND; a discussion of medical and social models of disability.
Community Care
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Among the inadequate-rated councils, the inspectorate particularly highlighted improvements at Surrey and Newham, found disabled children’s services had recovered since a visit last year West Sussex, and said progress was “modest but fragile” at Medway. Support for disabled children improving. Related articles.
MQ Mental Health
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
The disability rights movement has the philosophy of “nothing about us, without us” - the same when applied to mental health can help us prevent exclusionary policies and actions, while also taking advantage of the experiences these experts have. Millions of people experience anxiety and depression in their life.
Community Care
MARCH 8, 2024
The blueprint for the chief social worker role The recommendation to appoint a chief social worker came from Professor Eileen Munro, in the final report of her landmark review of child protection from the government in 2011. Promoting improvements to social work, including the adoption of evidence-informed practice.
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