Adoption Disability Government Interviewing 
Community Care
APRIL 11, 2024
Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. So the government called back Laming to review progress on child protection since his 2003 report.
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.
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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.
Community Care
MARCH 31, 2022
They were based on interviews with 44 parents of 59 children from 13 local authorities in England and Wales. Domestic abuse, mental health problems and substance misuse predominated and a third of the children had special educational needs and disabilities.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 28, 2023
One of her recommendations: Repeal the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. “It Don't stop me if you've heard this one before: Now it's the National Academy of Sciences out with a comprehensive report showing that government aid to reduce poverty can significantly reduce involvement with the family police.
Relias
MARCH 5, 2024
Some temporary regulatory measures that made telehealth adoption easier during the pandemic have now faded away. In an interview with Social Work Today , John Jay said, “As organizations adapt to and become more accustomed to delivering telehealth, telehealth is going to be more prevalent in behavioral health moving forward.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.
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