LATEST FEATURED POSTS
- New: #carecrisisreview report
- NIROMP Briefing & Comment – Foster Care in England 2018
- #CareCrisisReview – online survey closes Sunday 11 February 2018
- Anne Longfield’s public challenge to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England
- IRO Conference – Not to stop questioning …
- Call for Greening to overhaul ‘deeply flawed’ Ofsted system | Children & Young People Now
- Guest post: Every Child Leaving Care Matters #ECLCM
- Call to action all social workers: please use this opportunity to share your perspective
- New report finds too much discrimination in the ‘system’
IN THE NEWS
- NIROMP COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE – FORGING LIFELONG LINKSWe believe in the power of connection and collaboration and share a common goal to create positive change together. Creating lasting support networks … Continue reading NIROMP COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE – FORGING LIFELONG LINKS
- Pure Insight – Best Practice Models for Care Experienced Young People Pure Insight supports young people leaving care to thrive – join us to hear the findings of our recent evaluation & best practice … Continue reading Pure Insight – Best Practice Models for Care Experienced Young People
- Responding effectively to sibling sexual abuseSocial workers can find identifying and working with families where there are concerns about sibling sexual abuse especially challenging. Anna Glinski shares some … Continue reading Responding effectively to sibling sexual abuse
- Ofsted to let providers register multi-building children’s homes to tackle capacity pressuresOfsted will allowing providers to register children’s homes with up to four buildings in order to help tackle capacity pressures in the system. … Continue reading Ofsted to let providers register multi-building children’s homes to tackle capacity pressures
- Strengths Based Working: a challenge to Social Work?A little while ago my colleagues and I led a seminar for The University of Birmingham on strengths-based social work. It’s clearly a … Continue reading Strengths Based Working: a challenge to Social Work?
- Kinship careKinship has published findings from their annual survey looking at what life is like for kinship carers in England and Wales. Responses to … Continue reading Kinship care
- Child mental healthNHS Digital has published a report looking at the mental health of children and young people in England in 2021 and how this … Continue reading Child mental health
- Transgender children and young people Farrer and Co have published a blog discussing the recent Court of Appeal judgement in the case of Bell v Tavistock. The blog … Continue reading Transgender children and young people
- Councils should lose responsibility for children in care to national service, says fostering charityLocal authorities should cede responsibility for children in care to a new national service, a fostering charity has argued in its submission to … Continue reading Councils should lose responsibility for children in care to national service, says fostering charity
LATEST POSTS: GOOD PRACTICE
- Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS): SMASHING the Glass Ceiling – Employment Skills Event | www.basw.co.uk
- Audit tool to support early and effective permanency planning for looked after children.
- COVID-19: Guidance for Independent Reviewing Officers and IRO Managers
- THE ADOPTION AND CHILDREN (CORONAVIRUS) (AMENDED) REGULATIONS 2020
- Ofsted’s Annual Report: highlighting some of the big issues for social care
- THE PRESSURE TO CHOOSE AN EXCLUSIVE IDENTITY
- Research in Practice | Transitional safeguarding – bridging the gap between Children’s and Adults’ Services
- Final call: UEA evaluation of the DfE 2015 Regulations and Guidance for long-term foster care #IROs #Research
- Landmark collection of reports published today: “The genie is now out of the bottle” says Ian Dickson
LATEST POSTS: pUBLICATIONS / RESEARCH
- Standing on the shoulders of everyone: developing an evidence-informed Care Review | Susannah Bowyer
- PSDP—Resources and Tools: Critical conversations in social work supervision | Research in Practice
- Independent review of children’s social care – how to get involved #CareReview
- Care Review: Sector responds to long-awaited announcement amid concerns over appointment of chair
- ‘Where are the Black girls in our CSA services, studies and statistics?’
- A Care Review in England? Whose views count?
- Guest post: How independent reviewing officers can support ‘My Right Friend’ | @IV_Network
- “The First Day of Forever”: film launched to improve journey for special guardians | via @ChildFamJustice
- CHILD WELFARE INEQUALITIES PROJECT (2015-2019) NUFFIELD FOUNDATION
LATEST POSTS: POLICY, GUIDANCE & LAW
- Anti-Racism & Activism: Towards Racial Justice
- One year on: Anti-Racism and Activism
- RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION – EDUCATION & ACTIVISM
- RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION – EDUCATION & ACTIVISM
- Standing on the shoulders of everyone: developing an evidence-informed Care Review | Susannah Bowyer
- Independent review of children’s social care – how to get involved #CareReview
- Care Review: Sector responds to long-awaited announcement amid concerns over appointment of chair
- RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION – EDUCATION & ACTIVISM
- A Care Review in England? Whose views count?
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