Social work news
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3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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...
External news
3 years ago
Chief social worker pays tribute to fellow practitoners 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...
External news
3 years ago
Fourth minister for children’s social care of 2022 appointed
The government has appointed its fourth children's social care minister of the year ahead of a critical period for the sector Claire Coutinho appointed as a junior minister in the Department for Education last month has been given responsibility for...
External news
3 years ago
Social Worker of the Year Awards winners announced
Seventeen practitioners managers teams and organisations picked up the top gold awards at this year's Social Worker of the Year Awards At last week's awards ceremony a social work manager who volunteers with refugees and a learning disability team that...