A wonderfully nourishing read: How a children's trust used the views of young people, implemented stable management for social workers and invested in performance data to turn around its services ... Source: ‘Worlds apart’: how valuing social workers and children’s voices helped the first children’s services trust transform
Social Care commentary published today https://t.co/pSUwOXZqq7 Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted's national director for #socialcare, talks about what local authorities (LAs) need to do to improve from inadequate. Read about some of the common themes that have emerged as LAs improve. pic.twitter.com/CbQnpkJd6T — Ofsted (@Ofstednews) 21 March 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Eleanor Schooling comments: The focus on supporting social … Continue reading Common themes that have emerged as LAs have improved | Eleanor Schooling | Ofsted
Interesting judgement demonstrating how complex social work can be. Where the court accepts that adoption is the appropriate outcome for a sibling group – that nothing else will do – does the court have any power to limit the local authority’s discretion to determine the configuration of the adoptive placements? It is settled law that … Continue reading ABCD & E (Separating Siblings) and the role of the IRO
Updated statutory guidance - published 26 February 2018 Promoting the education of looked-after and previously looked-after children Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after and previously looked-after children's aspirations to achieve in further and higher education. Main points Looked-after and previously looked-after children start with the disadvantage of their pre-care experiences and, often, have special educational … Continue reading Promoting the education of looked-after and previously looked-after children
Statutory guidance for local authorities First Published: 26 February 2018 By: Department for Education Main points The Children & Social Work Act 2017 introduced a new duty on local authorities, to provide Personal Adviser (PA) support to all care leavers up to age 25, if they want this support. Under previous legislation, local authorities were required to … Continue reading Extending Personal Adviser support to age 25
Published date: 24 February 2018 |Please read NIROMP's full response to the review of Fostering in England: NIROMP briefing & comment on - Fostering in England - February 2018 Introduction This briefing considers ‘Foster Care in England’, a report of the independent review of foster care by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers’. The report … Continue reading NIROMP Briefing & Comment – Foster Care in England 2018
In 2016 BASW commenced this Enquiry into adoption in all four jurisdictions of the UK, enabling important comparisons between the different care and judicial systems. It delves into sensitive and complex areas of practice and takes an approach that seeks to encourage further discussions and debate about improvements. The Enquiry aimed to create safe spaces … Continue reading Report raises serious questions about the impact of government policies & financial austerity
Nagalro has reacted with ‘deep concern’ to government proposals for the future regulation of the social work profession. Draft regulations, published this month for consultation, would see social workers at risk of being suspended from practice by unaccountable administrators, before any formal malpractice charges have been laid against them and without the opportunity to put … Continue reading ‘Policitally controlled social work regulator threatens to breach Human Rights Act’ – @nagalro reacts with ‘deep concerns’
Guest post by Amy Woodworth - Policy and Campaigns Officer at Become Celebrating the rights of children in care This Care Day, Friday 16 February, is an opportunity to reflect on the rights of each child, and how we all work to defend and enhance them. We know that unfortunately, children in care do not always have … Continue reading Celebrating the rights of children in care #CareDay18
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has responded to the Department for Education’s publication of ‘Foster Care in England’ stating: “All children, including those in foster care, need and deserve the love, care and support of a family. I welcome this review of fostering which shines a light on what being in foster care … Continue reading ‘IROs often raise the alarm about a child’s situation …’
