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Children’s social care bodies unite against asylum bill that ‘profoundly undermines Children Act’

Community Care

Social work and childrens organisations have united against government proposals that would increase the detention and deportation of children and seemingly leave many unaccompanied young people outside the scope of the childrens social care system.

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‘There is no fat left to trim’: social care leaders warn Jeremy Hunt against further rounds of cuts

Community Care

In his statement to Parliament yesterday – which reversed most of the tax cuts in Kwasi Kwarteng’s September mini-budget – Hunt said savings on government spending would be necessary to put the public finances on a sustainable footing, heralding a repeat of the austerity policies of the 2010s. Jeremy Hunt. then to 9.9%

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Are We Really Talking About Mental Health?

My Brains Not Broken

And because I’m bouncing back between rage and sadness (which is just what it is right now) over this and have been for sometime, I just want to express those feelings today, because they need to get out. And frankly, it must be said, that’s b t. Cool, let’s talk. Let’s talk about how 11.1%

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Care review lead: government must go further and faster in response

Community Care

“All of this means we’re on course to have 100,000 children in care within a decade. Too many of these children are forced to grow up far from their community in homes that can’t give them the stability and love they need. The experience of growing up in care is one of the greatest disadvantages someone can face.”

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The 14 best books to read as a social worker

Save the Social Worker

Gosh, I must be kidding… right? It’s worth a read, especially if you’re feeling lost yourself, about your journey through more and more paperwork. What’s different about this book is that we try to make easily understood, with the use of graphics. Well, here’s how. No I’m not.

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High Court dismisses claim that failure to ban unregulated placements for 16- and 17-year-olds was unlawful

Community Care

The High Court has dismissed a children’s rights charity’s claim that the government’s failure to ban unregulated placements for children in care aged 16 or 17 was unlawful. Children’s rights charity granted judicial review of ‘discriminatory’ unregulated placements legislation. No irrationality in age distinction.

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Social Work Recap: the value of disabled people’s voices and the scale of adult care’s funding shortfall

Community Care

The department has accepted her recommendations for the council to retain the support of a commissioner and a separate DfE-appointed improvement adviser and attempt to make progress on areas including reducing its high use of agency staff and the number of changes of social worker children face. Am I being helpful to the parents and children?