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@NSPCC
1 year ago
@StGodricsDurham We hope you enjoyed the assembly and learned about how to stay safe! #SpeakOutStaySafe
External news
1 year ago
Child sexual abuse remains ‘very hidden’ despite increase in recorded case numbers, warns expert centre
Child sexual abuse CSA remains very hidden despite increases in the number of cases identified over the past year experts have warned While the identification of CSA in assessments in England reached record levels in - relatively few were placed...
@YorkSCP
1 year ago
YorkMind's Active Minds is a weekly meetup of likeminded young men and young people identifying as male, aged 11-… https://t.co/brWJVoPfoJ
External news
1 year ago
Cost of care analyses show councils lack funding to pay providers fair price, warn directors
Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care directors have warned in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services ADASS issued the warning...
@ADCStweets
1 year ago
RT @Rachel_deSouza: 🧵This week is key for #IllegalMigrationBill as it goes back to the @HouseofCommons
I remain deeply concerned about the…
External news
1 year ago
DfE backs early career framework but rejects national pay scales for children’s social workers
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll The Department for Education DfE has backed a care review proposal for a five-year early career framework ECF for the development...
@ADCStweets
1 year ago
RT @Ofstednews: We've launched a consultation on our inspections of supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged…
External news
1 year ago
Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice
International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt In most countries around the world social workers assist financially vulnerable people but they often do so with little or no training in finance This article examines the development and pilot testing of a financial curriculum to be used in social work education and training in Singapore Feedback from social workers informed development of the curriculum which is practical and capability-based The study covers two phases...
@ncbtweets
1 year ago
NCB family member @LeapLambeth have been sharing LEAP's learning and evidence at the Health and Care Analytics Conf… https://t.co/THLnX0ZqO5
External news
1 year ago
The TACT Health Service
Along with young people's educational needs health and wellbeing can sometimes take a back seat when children come into care Read more...
@bycLIVE
1 year ago
RT @CareerEnt: We’re recruiting for our next Youth Advisory Group cohort!
If you know anyone aged 14-25 who wants to challenge & support u…
External news
1 year ago
DfE care review response: key points
On February the Department for Education issued its response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel's inquiry into the murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and the Competition and Markets...
@NICEComms
1 year ago
@NHSEngland Our HTA lab is a collaborative 'safe space' - where we work with partners and stakeholders to shape sol… https://t.co/70vt0kVObs
External news
1 year ago
Adults’ Social Worker or Senior Social Worker
https jobs communitycare co uk job social-worker-or-senior-social-worker-adults-health-and-care-...
@bycLIVE
1 year ago
RT @votesat16: Want to find out what the Youth Action Group got up to at their residential in Liverpool last month?
👀Take a read of Bless…
External news
1 year ago
Minority group local government mayors and their relations with welfare bureau social workers
International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Mayors play a major role in determining their locality's welfare policies and significantly influence the welfare bureaus' work This study employed in-depth semi-structured interviews with mayors of local Arab governments in Israel to examine this issue It found that the mayors fiercely criticize the welfare bureaus in four areas of concern claiming that they ignore particular needs neglect core target populations lack culture-sensitive responses and their...
@researchIP
1 year ago
All registered social workers practicing in England need to record at least two pieces of CPD as part of their regi… https://t.co/bJAIE738AK
External news
1 year ago
Agency social worker pay to be capped to that of permanent staff
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll Agency social worker pay in would be capped to the equivalent earned by permanent staff under government plans to reduce the...
@ADCStweets
1 year ago
ADCS President John Pearce features in this piece in @ObserverUK 👇🏽 https://t.co/aJtE0PWq9X
External news
1 year ago
Indigenous social work with older persons: An international perspective
International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt As social work gains strength as a global profession indigenous social work has emerged within the growing calls to decolonize the profession and offers an alternative worldview This article uses a systematic literature review to engage with the application of this indigenous social work paradigm in practice with older persons from an international perspective Using the knowledge mobilization perspective it examines the current state of knowledge...