Developed by Family Rights Group in partnership with an expert working group, February 2017 A good practice guide on initial family and friends care assessments has been launched by Family Rights Group. The guide sets out best practice as to how viability assessments should be conducted. It lists what factors social workers conducting the assessment … Continue reading Initial Family and Friends Care Assessment: A good practice guide – Family Rights Group
Thanks @BoormanAmanda - this perfectly sums up how I feel about the Daily Fail article. https://t.co/XRaHCzHHXM Not in my name. ā Mum (@mummywriter) 30 December 2016 'The Daily Mail article (link here) on adoption support, or lack of it, really woke us from the Christmas bubble with a start says . A very rude awakening … Continue reading Not In Our Name – Daily Fail piece
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts - an alternative approach to care proceedings - new article by Jo Tunnard: https://t.co/r1fB4a2Caf ā Research in Practice (@researchIP) 6 December 2016 ByĀ Jo Tunnard via Research in Practice. TwitterĀ @researchIP Lancaster University has now published the full findings of two research studies that provide new evidence to support the unique way … Continue reading Working with parents in a problem-solving way: new evidence about Family Drug and Alcohol Courts
Visit https://t.co/qIu4FolXUK to find out how you can make a read difference to the way we practice social work. pic.twitter.com/AjEGX1Adbm ā AllKindsofBirmingham (@BCsocialcarejob) 2 December 2016 Welcoming Statement by Debbie Currie, Assistant Director, Child Protection, Performance & Partnership: 'Iād like to welcome you to this careers hub for the Child Protection Review and Independent Reviewing … Continue reading Featured post: Birmingham Children’s Services Career Hub for the Child Protection Review & Independent Reviewing Officer service
Definitely worth a read you work with #young parents who are #careleavershttps://t.co/m1Q8rb5teg ā nlcbf (@nlcbf) 23 June 2016 Research from the Young Parents Project Source:Ā Family Rights GroupĀ andĀ theĀ Young Parents Project This project focuses upon young parents whose children are/have been subject of Children's Services intervention ā whether as children in need, children deemed at risk or … Continue reading Enabling more young parents to keep their children safely with them
We have tools and guidance on how to approach safeguarding in faith communities https://t.co/Z9FtL6Hule #IFWeek pic.twitter.com/rEEVLwg2l7 ā CASPAR NEWS (@NSPCCpro) 14 November 2016 How to protect children and young people within religious or faith settings: Sharing experiences within faiths or looking to other faiths can help everyone to develop and improve safeguarding practices. Please check … Continue reading Multi-faith safeguarding hub – NSPCC
A service providing specialist advice and support to children's professionals tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) incidents is to be launched by the government later this month. Read full article at source: Government launches specialist CSE response unit To read the Special Report on child sexual abuse and exploitation see the latest edition of CYP Now … Continue reading Government launches specialist CSE response unit
Reunification in practice ByĀ Karen Cheek,Ā Marketing and Communications Officer for Research in Practice. āWhen 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
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 fromĀ Serious Case Reviews. These excellent resourcesĀ willĀ support learning in practice for IROs, Conference Chairs, LSCBs, social … Continue reading Research in Practice – Learning from Serious Case Reviews
'Take a risk, do whatās right and think about love', says Laura Beverage [2] Laura Beverage has her ambitions set onĀ revolutionising the care system.Ā Ā Laura is a Development Officer at Who Cares? Scotland helping young people in Scotland. Having grown up in care herself, Laura experienced a lot of moving around and having everything she did, … Continue reading Kids in Care: Letās Start a Revolution! By Laura Beverage
