Thanks @BoormanAmanda - this perfectly sums up how I feel about the Daily Fail article. https://t.co/XRaHCzHHXM Not in my name. — 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
Safeguarding Pressures Phase 5 ADCS Safeguarding Pressures research has provided evidence of trends in safeguarding activity and the provision of services to children and their families based on information from local authorities in five phases spanning 2007/8 to 2015/16. Through each phase, significant increases in safeguarding activity have been reported together with the range of … Continue reading The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) Safeguarding Pressures research
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 — AllKindsofBirmingham (@BCsocialcarejob) 2 December 2016 Welcoming Statement by Debbie Currie, Assistant Director, Child Protection, Performance & Partnership: 'I’d 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
Amendment to Children and Social Work Bill will remove list of 'core legal duties', including child protection and child in need provisions, from scope of controversial exemption clauses ... “We have listened very closely to the issues that have been raised and we want to continue to consult with those working in children’s social care … Continue reading Government to bar councils from opting out of child protection duties
By Edward Timpson. First published in Community Care on December 5th 206. Edward Timpson sets out the government's plans for its children and social work reforms: [...] I have heard the concerns raised over the clauses on the power to innovate and today, in response to these concerns, I will tell the House that we plan to … Continue reading Children’s minister: We will amend the Children and Social Work Bill
Children and Social Work Bill [HL] 99: analysis for Commons 2nd Reading Source: Commons Briefing papers CBP-7800 Authors: Tim Jarrett; Hannah Cromarty; Nerys Roberts; Douglas Pyper; Rachael Harker; Paul Bolton This paper analyses the Children and Social Work [HL] ahead of Commons Second Reading due on 5 December 2016. The Bill concerns children in care … Continue reading Children and Social Work Bill: Commons 2nd Reading #CSWB
Children entering the care system will be given mental health checks on a trial basis Speaking in parliament education minister Lord Nash announced last month that the Department for Education will test new approaches to mental health assessments for looked-after children. The trial will run in as many as 10 pilot areas in parallel to the considerations of … Continue reading Mental health checks for children entering care
According to Community Care, Barnardo's have said the Children and Social Work Bill provides a 'significant opportunity' to ensure all care leavers get suitable accommodation. By Rachel Carter on October 27, 2016 in Children, Community Care 'The number of care leavers placed in bed and breakfast accommodation has fallen by more than a third over the … Continue reading Fewer care leavers placed in bed and breakfasts
Lord Justice Macfarlane has given a terrific keynote address on the matter of 'Nothing Else Will Do'. Some extracts from the speech below but do please make time to read the full speech: here Extracts: [...] 'the need for there to be an evaluation both of Welfare and of Proportionality has for many years been, or … Continue reading ‘Nothing Else Will Do’
What could this latest adoption judgment mean for social workers? Source: Luke Stevenson in Community Care. Originally published 18th August 2016 Will Re W change practice the way Re B and Re B-S did? Or will the adoption landscape stay the same? Stuck in the middle were social workers trying to grapple with the practice implications. … Continue reading In the News: #Care #Adoption #PublicLaw #Innovation
