National Care Leavers’ Week 2020 is taking place from 26 October – 1 November 2020. NIROMP believes that the National Care Leaver’s Week 2020 is an opportunity to highlight “Our Care our Say”. NIROMP has joined with The Care Leavers Association, the Care Experienced Conference team and care experienced friends from across the wider community to … Continue reading National Care Leavers Week 2020: “Our Care Our Say” #NCLW2020
If you are a care experienced person you can give your views on what the forthcoming Care Review in England should cover and how it should be run. Sophia explains more via this 2 minute video: https://youtu.be/4iawcgwa_fU The "Our Care Our Say" is a collaboration between the Care Experience Conference team, The Care Leavers Association, … Continue reading A Care Review in England? Whose views count?
Most councils report rises in weekly foster and residential costs, because of factors including fewer placements ending and increased fee requests from providers — Read on http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/10/22/80-councils-seen-rise-childrens-placement-costs-covid-19/
Guest blog for the Social Care Institute for Excellence — Read on http://www.scie.org.uk/news/opinions/cpd-renewal-social-workers
News and updates in social care inspection — Read on socialcareinspection.blog.gov.uk/2020/01/31/lets-prioritise-children-whatever-their-needs/
By Mary Marvel and Dada Felja We have all become familiar with the discussion about structural racism in the UK, thanks to the excellent work of the Black Lives Matter movement. But it is less recognised that Roma communities are also victims of the same structural racism and discrimination in the UK. Like other minorities, … Continue reading How structural racism faced by Roma families in the child protection system can be tackled
In 2019 I had the honour of giving a keynote speech to a National Reviewing Officer Practice Development Day in Scotland and to hear about the Scottish Independent Care Review. Scotland’s Review has been praised for its “unprecedented” scope; placing children and care-experienced adults at the heart of a “radical overhaul” of the country’s children’s social care … Continue reading Why “Our Care Our Say” is important to me
By Wayne Reid, BASW England professional officer and social worker Following the constructive feedback received on my article on UK social work’s response to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, I’ve been ruminating about clear actions that social work educators, employers and key stakeholders can take to promote anti-racism. My … Continue reading How to promote an anti-racist culture in social work
The duration of care proceedings reached 10 weeks over the 26-week target following the coronavirus lockdown, despite the number of cases starting being 4% less than during the same period in 2019. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures showed that, from April to June 2020, the average length of proceedings was 36 weeks and the proportion … Continue reading Length of care cases 10 weeks over 26-week target on back of Covid-19
Story updated Cultural stereotyping among social workers and other professionals is creating barriers to people from ethnic minority communities disclosing child sexual abuse, the inquiry into CSA has found. Victims and survivors reported being told that abuse was part of their culture and also said that professionals failed to act for fear of being perceived … Continue reading Stereotyping by practitioners preventing disclosure of child sexual abuse in ethnic minority groups
