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Social worker changes undermined engagement with children later convicted of violent crimes – review

Community Care

High levels of social worker turnover undermined engagement with six young people with histories of social care involvement who were later convicted of violent offences, a review has found.

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‘Hundreds of social workers left in limbo’: BASW and unions urge action on fitness to practise delays

Community Care

Hundreds of social workers in England are being “left in limbo”, often unable to work, because of long and increasing delays in fitness to practise (FTP) cases. Information that could clear the social worker was “not considered or overlooked” even when drawn to the attention of investigators, the bodies added.

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Axing leadership training scheme risks undermining support for social workers, warn PSWs

Community Care

The government’s axing of a social work leadership training scheme risks undermining support for practitioners as well as the retention of managers, principal social workers have warned.

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Social Work England consults on best interests assessor training standards

Community Care

Social Work England is seeking views on proposed standards it will use to approve and monitor best interests assessor (BIA) training courses. Most employed BIAs undertake the role alongside a substantive position, found the Social Work England-commissioned study.

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Moving from compliance to professional curiosity for social workers key to improvement – study

Community Care

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This included initiatives such as the use of social work academies to develop staff, with training days backfilled and caseloads capped.

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Moving from compliance to professional curiosity for social workers key to improvemen – report

Community Care

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services.

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Those @#!$* Video Games!

Gary Direnfeld

While the child will likely object at first, they should be offered opportunity to engage in other reasonable activities. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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