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. Its recommendations included: Greater national and local recognition of the role.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The leader of the party in power (the prime minister) chooses his cabinet which is made up of members from that political party who are also members of the House of Common (MPs). The English legal system of England and Wales is a common law one. Laws that the Commons has the sovereignty to make.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

After leaving Haringey, Shoesmith completed a PhD in 2015 in psychosocial studies and a year later her book, Learning from Baby P: The politics of blame, fear and denial, was published. The court ruled that she had been scapegoated and unlawfully removed from her post. Photo: Marek/Fotolia It will mean social workers building their presence.

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The Guardian

MAY 7, 2024

Public-sector workers call for pay rise, 500 additional staff and the de-privatising of out-of-home care Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales child protection workers have warned that some of the state’s most vulnerable children are being neglected or put at risk of being removed from their families (..)

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Around 100,000 civil servants from multiple government agencies have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, pensions and jobs According to Pat Leahy , political editor of the Irish Times, the Irish government is doubtful about the prospect of a breakthrough in the coming weeks in the talks on the Northern Ireland protocol.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 19, 2023

give more than 50 hours a week, as care system struggles with rising demand Five million people – including children as young as five – provide unpaid care to people with long-term health conditions or problems related to old age, census data for England and Wales has revealed. Figures show 1.5m of the population to 4.7%.

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The Guardian

MARCH 13, 2022

Indigenous children make up 41% of all kids in out-of-home care in NSW, while changes recommended three years ago have been ignored Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing When Lizzie Jarrett was 12 years old, she walked into her grandmother’s home and met a man she didn’t recognise. “I

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The Guardian

AUGUST 29, 2022

Experts say Tory leadership rivals appear not to have grasped the scale of the crisis facing the service From crime to the courts: the biggest issues the UK’s new PM will face In a television studio in Stoke-on-Trent last month, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak traded blows over everything from credit card economics to Channel migrants to the accessories (..)

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A publicly-owned energy company for Wales could be created to encourage community-owned renewable energy generation. Improve the teaching of Welsh history and make its delivery mandatory in the new curriculum for Wales. Actions being planned include a cap on the number of second and holiday homes. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 8, 2022

Crises such as public health must be met by the state and there’s the Conservatives’ rub Conservatives look like cranks today, not because of personal failings of this or that politician, but because they cannot deal with the crises of the modern world.

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