Originally posted on Innovate@BCSocialWork Drew Reynolds By Drew Reynolds, doctoral candidate at the Boston College School of Social Work The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare has identified twelve critical Grand Challenges to engage the public in identifiable and achievable goals to reduce suffering and promote wellbeing. The challenges include: Ensure healthy development for all … Continue reading Three ways social network research can solve the Grand Challenges
Entitlement to an Individual Savings Account Among the various entitlements that a child in care has are the requirement for the local authority children's services to provide arrangements for the child or young person to have an Individual Savings Account (ISA). Download the Statutory Guidance here: Junior individual saving accounts for looked-after children Information about Junior ISAs for … Continue reading Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs): Looked After Children
Greenwich council's failure to provide proper immigration advice may have led to the girl losing her right to remain in the UK. Read full story via Community Care: Council to pay looked-after child £5,000 compensation for immigration advice failures Asylum Support More information via Gov.UK: Overview of support Asylum helplines More information, advice and resources … Continue reading Council to pay looked-after child £5,000 compensation for immigration advice failures
By now we should all know of the recent developments in case-law in respect of the use (and misuse) of section 20, Children Act 1989 by local authorities when children are voluntarily accommodated in their care. Now Leicester Designated Family Judge, HHJ Bellamy, has issued local section 20 practice guidance. Read more here via Family Law: … Continue reading HHJ Bellamy issues local section 20 practice guidance
How can children in care be supported to have meaningful and safe contact with siblings, if they want to? The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Looked After Children and Care Leavers held a meeting on 28th October 2015 to discuss this very issue. The meeting was attended by 94 children, young people and professionals. Particular note was given to … Continue reading Protecting & preserving the bond between siblings
International Child Abduction Unit The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit has published a form and guidance notes for local authorities to use in child protection cases to make a request for co-operation to another country. The form is intended to help local authorities check their request is covered by the Regulation or Convention and … Continue reading Care cases with an international element
The Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation Karen Bradley has more recently announced a new policy to tackle gang violence and exploitation. New policy sets out a refreshed cross-government approach to tackling gang related violence and exploitation, and government priorities for the future. It sets out priorities for Government to deal with reducing violence including knife crime, tackling … Continue reading Gang violence & exploitation
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Since November 2015 all public authorities including the police, local authorities and the National Crime Agency, have been required to notify the government where they have reasonable grounds to believe that a person may be a victim of slavery or human trafficking. The duties of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 apply to the … Continue reading Human Trafficking and Slavery
New articles have been added to our Library. Check out the following sections and thank you so much to all the Authors for sharing their publications. Care We are grateful to Jameel Hadi Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford for this article. Jameel is a member of The National Association of Youth Justice and The Howard League. In February … Continue reading New in the Library
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