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Child in need cases opened up to non-social work staff despite risk concerns

Community Care

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Department for Education’s (DfE) revised version of Working Together to Safeguard Children has removed the previous requirement for child in need assessments and casework to be reserved for qualified social workers. Child protection enquiries and casework will remain ring-fenced for social workers.

Disability

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The Victoria Climbié Inquiry chair reflects on social work, 21 years on

Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

In 2001, the government tasked the former chief inspector of social services with chairing a statutory inquiry into the murder of the eight-year-old Ivorian girl by her great aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao, and Kouao’s boyfriend, Carl Manning the previous year.

Social Worker

Social Worker Government Interviewing Social Services

DfE merges schools and children’s social care responsibilities under new minister

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As with her social care ministerial predecessors, Tolhurst’s brief will also encompass other issues concerning disadvantaged and vulnerable children, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and early help. Sign up with them to train as a social worker here: [link].

Schools

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Postcode lottery in child in need support uncovered by Children’s Commissioner

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. “It is vital that we get things right for children on child in need plans,” said de Souza. And though 27.5%

Interventional

Interventional Disability Social Worker Government

Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

Community Care

JANUARY 5, 2023

Social care leaders from across local and central government and provider bodies have been recognised in the New Year Honours as the sector battles one of the toughest winters in many years. Vic Rayner (@vicrayner) December 31, 2022.

Adoption

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‘Inadequate’ councils make progress in latest Ofsted visits

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. from reserves to tackle children’s social worker shortage. Related articles.

Disability

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Council’s ‘relentless drive’ to improve children’s experiences helps it shed ‘inadequate’ tag

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. Boost to social worker numbers despite funding constraints helps council improve Ofsted grade.

Social Worker

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Chapter 1: Understanding the context for the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years (2015)

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.

Disability

Disability Schools Rehabilitation Interventional

An important moment for social work and social care

Social Work With Adults

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Reform has social work values built in. I am so pleased to be writing this blog, celebrating the publication of ‘ People at the heart of care ’, the Government's adult social care reform White Paper. Social work and social care values are at its core. Increasing the upper limit of the Disabled Facilities Grant.

Engagement

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Funding boost for councils not enough to address ‘disastrous’ state of social care, warn sector bodies

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Councils’ ‘spending power’ – the maximum amount they have at their disposal – will rise by 3% a year in real terms, faster than from 2019-21, However, this includes £3.6bn for councils to fund the government’s reforms to adult social care, announced last month. average for government departments.

Government

Government Mental Health Social Worker University

‘Vital but not fit for purpose’: parents’ views on supervision orders

Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

Not worth the paper they are written on’; ‘lack teeth’; ‘thresholds confusing’ – these are just some of the comments made by social workers and other professionals in a national study of supervision orders supporting family reunification in 2019. By Professor Judith Harwin and Lily Golding. Related articles.

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Racial diversity remains low among children’s directors, reveals ADCS data

Community Care

MAY 2, 2023

Just 6% of DCSs were black or from a non-white ethnic minority as of 31 March 2023, compared with 18% of the population of England and Wales in the 2021 census and 24% of statutory children’s social workers in England, as of September 2022. 8% considered themselves disabled.

Diversity

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Government introduces target on percentage of agency social workers in children’s workforce

Community Care

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The government will assess the percentage of agency social workers in the children’s services workforce as a measurement of how successful its latest spending review has been. Sector split on agency worker focus. The number of agency children’s social workers working for local authorities and children’s trusts grew by 8.4%

Social Worker

Social Worker Government Adoption Schools

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 27, 2023

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.

Child Welfare

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From care management to ‘social work as we know it’: Lyn Romeo on her decade as chief social worker

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

Since Lyn Romeo announced her retirement in October last year , the tributes to the now former chief social worker for adults from across the profession have been warm and fulsome. Lyn Romeo is without a doubt a social worker for social workers! Will be hugely missed by many and certainly me.

Social Worker

Social Worker Government Mental Health Adoption

From the people who brought you AFST: The most dangerous "child welfare" algorithm yet

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Department of Justice for possible discrimination against disabled families. With CJMR there’s no way to protect your family from government agencies taking your most basic, and in some cases, most private data, and turning it against you. When, finally, independent researchers got to evaluate it they found racial bias.

Child Welfare

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Self-harm

NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

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.

Child Welfare

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‘Vital but not fit for purpose’: parents’ views on supervision orders

Racial diversity remains low among children’s directors, reveals ADCS data

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