Children's minister Edward Timpson has rubbished claims that government plans to allow local authorities to apply for exemptions from children's social care legislation could affect children's rights or pave the way for privatisation. Story by Neil Puffett | 24 October 2016 | Children & Young People Now "Let me be clear: we do not want to privatise … Continue reading Timpson defends exemption clause against ‘unfounded’ concerns
National IRO Managers Partnership NIROMP is the leadership body in England for statutory Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) and IRO Managers. Press Release on 18.10.16 "The National IRO Managers Partnership in England is determined that all children should feel and be safe, happy and well cared for in the right setting at the right time. The … Continue reading Press Release 18.10.16
Recruiter Name: Hazel Cringle, Justine Manning, Carol Noble Council Name & Address: Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, New Road, Oxford Role being advertised: Independent Reviewing Officer Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full-time Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire Contact for further information. Email: carol.noble@oxfordshire.gov.uk Enquiries by phone. Contact telephone number: Tel No. 01865 323384/07775407547 Any addition info: Independent Reviewing … Continue reading Featured Job – Independent Review Officer, Oxfordshire County Council
ADCS Stuart Carlton on 'The Power to Innovate' Stuart Carlton is Assistant Director of Children's Services, Lincolnshire County Council. Originally posted 23rd September 2016 via ADCS News 'In 2011, the Munro Review of Child protection was published, entitled A Child Centred System, which was warmly welcomed by those of us delivering children’s services in local … Continue reading The Power to Innovate
Reunification in practice By Karen Cheek, Marketing and Communications Officer for Research in Practice. ‘When a child is reunified by returning home from care to their birth family, it is hoped that this will be the best possible outcome for them; unfortunately many children will return to care, with some frequently moving back and forth between … Continue reading Supporting family reunification in practice
‘Outcomes, outcomes, outcomes’: how Dorset is reinvigorating social work A feature sponsored by Dorset County Council. Originally posted July 26, 2016 in Community Care. 'Obsessing To demonstrate making a difference we have learnt from Leeds City Council and implemented an ‘obsessions tracker’ with a supporting ‘report card’ or scorecard that has 10 of the most … Continue reading ‘Outcomes, outcomes, outcomes’ + Youtube ‘A Restorative Approach’
Connect Centre seminar: From Genograms to Peer-Group Mapping... By: UCLan, School of Social Work, Care and Community When: Wednesday, 2 November 2016 from 16:00 to 17:30 (GMT) - Add to Calendar Where: Brook Building room 213 - Adelphi / Victoria Streets University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 7QR - View Map About 'From Genograms to Peer-Group Mapping: … Continue reading FREE Event: From Genograms to Peer-Group Mapping …
E-learning - Gender variance in young people Working in partnership with GIRES (the Gender Identity Research and Education Society), Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has created an e-learning course to help raise awareness of gender variance in young people. The course is free and provides an optional test, as well as a certificate of completion … Continue reading Celebrating diversity – gender variance
With practitioners needing less paperwork and more direct work, is it time to embrace new ways of recording, asks Social Work Tutor: With voice-to-text software, digital dictaphones and cloud-server software, it seems archaic that in 2016 we still rely on text-based reports being manually fed into outdated computer systems to form the bulk of our … Continue reading ‘I didn’t become a social worker to feed reports into computers’
Triennial Analysis of SCRs: Briefing for social workers and family support workers Research in Practice, working with the research teams at UEA and Warwick University, has launched a new open access series of videos and briefings papers about the learning from Serious Case Reviews. These excellent resources will support learning in practice for IROs, Conference Chairs, LSCBs, social … Continue reading Research in Practice – Learning from Serious Case Reviews
