Community Care

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Social workers at Bradford council felt uninvolved and “done to” in its efforts to improve since an inadequate rating in 2018, the authority’s government-appointed commissioner has said. In a report , which recommended the council lose control of its children’s services after failing to improve swiftly enough, commissioner Steve Walker said some experienced practitioners felt performance standards introduced by senior managers undermined their professional autonomy.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

If you failed your child so miserably, there would be criminal proceedings – but not for this shameless government Have you ever been so hungry you became delusional? I have, when as a child in care I was placed in a hostel a few months after finishing my GCSEs. I remember rummaging through old birthday cards in the futile hope of finding a tenner. Despite my benefits and the job I did alongside school, I could not afford food and electricity – let alone books, school trips, or clothes.

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