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  • Baby P: national newspaper wants your views

    Community Care has been approached by a Sunday broadsheet that wants to hear social workers' take on the Baby P case. They want to know: What issues you think the case raises for social work Your reactions to the case details and the news coverage How the week has unfolded in your eyes Whether and...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by EmmaM on 11-14-2008

  • Boards: Refocus needed

    by Mark Ivory A few years ago, councils were accused of zooming in on child protection instead of focusing more widely on well-being.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-13-2008

  • Prepared for direct work with children and families?

    I recently saw a report on Channel 4 about the current state of child protection social work which criticised the amount of time social workers are required to spend on paperwork, rather than working directly with families. Whilst I tend to agree that the paperwork is overwhelming, I was struck by the...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by farquhar on 09-14-2008

  • High profile director leaves Surrey

    One simple phrase springs to mind in response to the sudden departure of high-flying family services director Andrew Webster from Surrey council - how are the mighty fallen! Webster resigned more than two months ago, shortly before publication of an Ofsted joint area review which raised serious concerns...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-06-2008

  • Re: Are unqualified staff dangerous?

    No they are not, what is dangerous is an individual persons unwillingness to learn and move on, we are all unqualified to start with and we are taught by the people who know best the service user and their informal support. By listening and hearing what a person wants we can learn alot. The only reason...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-04-2008

  • Jersey: the floodgates open

    by Maria Ahmed People in Jersey are finally speaking out in the wake of child abuse allegations on the island. Earlier this month, there was a public rally in support of victims. People used the meeting to criticise the way in which the Jersey authorities have handled the current investigation into abuse...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-18-2008
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