By Harry Ferguson, Sarah Pink and Laura Kelly The Covid-19 pandemic is presenting governments, social work leaders, managers and frontline practitioners with unique challenges. Our Economic and Social Research Council-funded research explores its impact on children, families and child protection social work. Since April 2020, we have interviewed 48 social workers, family support workers and … Continue reading 12 lessons for children’s social work from practising under Covid
Author: Sharon Martin, Vice Chair of the National IRO Manager/Department for Education Partnership
Competition watchdog mulling probe into children’s social care market
Story updated 28 January 2021 The UK’s competition watchdog says it is considering investigating the children’s social care market after the recently-appointed chair of the care review wrote to it urging it to do so. Frontline chief executive Josh MacAlister – appointed by government this month to head an independent review into children’s social care … Continue reading Competition watchdog mulling probe into children’s social care market
The ‘alarmingly weak’ evidence base for the ‘toxic trio’
By Guy Skinner, Paul Bywaters, Andy Bilson, Robbie Duschinsky, Keith Clement and Dustin Hutchinson The term ‘toxic trio’ was coined to describe the risk of child abuse and neglect stemming from a child’s exposure to i) domestic violence, ii) parental mental health issues and/or learning disability, and iii) parental alcohol and/or drug misuse. The concept emerged from … Continue reading The ‘alarmingly weak’ evidence base for the ‘toxic trio’
Care cases shorter if family court advisers are involved in pre-proceedings practice
Source: Community Care Research from Northumbria University finds guardians offer a head start in planning, which leads to fewer requests for additional reports. Cases averaged 23.5 weeks when family court advisers were involved before the case went to court, as opposed to 26.1 weeks when families did not have an adviser pre-proceedings. The pilot study … Continue reading Care cases shorter if family court advisers are involved in pre-proceedings practice
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