Social work news
External news
2 years ago
Cafcass staff may be balloted on industrial action amid absence of pay offer, says union boss
Cafcass staff may be balloted on industrial action if the ongoing absence of a pay offer for - persists or they are presented with too low an increase a union chief has warned...
External news
2 years ago
Specialist placements needed to reform a care system not working for teenagers, finds review
The government must invest in specialist placements to reform a care system not working for vulnerable teenagers and protect them from exploitation That was a key message from a -month review into preventing vulnerable young people from being drawn into...
External news
2 years ago
Three-quarters of large councils planning to tighten eligibility for adult social care, finds survey
Almost three-quarters of England's biggest councils plan to tighten eligibility for adult social care over the next two years due to high inflation and mounting demand a survey has found Over half of County Councils Network members also...
External news
2 years ago
Removing children’s services from council ‘would distract from improvement’, adviser tells DfE
Removing a council's 'inadequate' children's services would distract from its improvement and its new leadership team should be given the chance to make progress the government has been advised Sefton's Department for Education-appointed commissioner Paul Moffat has recommended that the...
External news
2 years ago
Two-year delay to cap on care costs on cards, amid fears reform will be dropped altogether
Story updated The government will delay the introduction of the cap on care costs for two years in chancellor Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement next week The Times has reported The measure is designed to contribute to government plans to make...
CSWM news
2 years ago
Wakefield Council wins double at the national Social Worker of the Year Awards
Wakefield Council has won two awards at the national Social Worker of the Year Awards
CSWM news
2 years ago
Hull wins digital transformation in social work award
The award highlights Hull’s young people-led work on listening to children who are looked after, and responding to their voices and priorities creatively, using digital technology.
External news
2 years ago
Councils unable to safeguard children subject to immigration control, finds study
Councils in England are failing to protect children subject to immigration control including by rarely recognising their poverty as a safeguarding issue a study has found In many of the serious case reviews SCRs analysed practitioners did not understand...
External news
2 years ago
‘Five things we can learn from the voices of 10,000 children in care’
By Linda Briheim-Crookall Coram Voice For almost a decade our Bright Spots programme in partnership with The Rees Centre at the University of Oxford has worked with children and young people in care to explore what they feel makes life...
External news
2 years ago
Chief social worker pays tribute to fellow practitioners after one suffers serious injury in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's chief social worker has paid tribute to fellow practitioners after one was seriously injured in the line of duty last week Aine Morrison made the comments following an incident in Dungannon County Tyrone last Thursday November after...