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

Community Care

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. It has also been adopted by the Department for Education in its 2023 strategy for the sector, Stable Homes, Built on Love.

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

Community Care

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.

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

One of her recommendations: Repeal the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. “It Vivek Sankaran of the University of Michigan School of Law discusses the enormous harm to children caused by America’s mad rush to terminate those children’s rights to their parents. ● And, in a commentary about the ICWA decision in Slate, Prof. . ●

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Recent happenings

Jaeran Kim

I was fortunate to be asked to present at the Pact adoption family camp. I presented a keynote about school issues based on the article I published with Pact’s Executive Director Beth Hall for the book Transracial and Intercountry Adoption.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Some of these articles are free to access.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 6, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Also in New York City, The 74 reports, Across the nation’s largest [school] district, parents of students with disabilities who speak up on behalf of their children say they are being charged with allegations of child abuse or neglect — a tactic advocates say schools use to intimidate parents and coerce them into dropping their concerns.

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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. In September you send your son off to boarding school. Janell, thrilled to avoid reading time, trotted off to the school office.