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Knowledge gap puts social workers at risk of breaking law
Children's social workers lack knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, meaning they could be breaching the legislation in child protection cases involving parents with learning disabilities, warn experts.
23 May 2012
Councils attack government's 'misleading' adoption scorecards
Controversial adoption scorecards, published for the first time today, find nearly half of councils have failed to meet national targets.
11 May 2012
How the police can help social workers assess risk
Former senior police officer Nigel Boulton looks at how the police approach risk and why the future lies in multi-agency assessment teams, as now being investigated by the Munro Review
18 March 2011
Gove slams SCR into 'torture' case for failure of analysis
Michael Gove has slammed the serious case review into the 'torture' of two boys by two looked-after children for failing to adequately analyse what went wrong, after a redacted version of the overview report was published today.
29 March 2012
Scorsese and Fox head up US Protecting our Children remake
The BBC’s Protecting our Children social work documentary is to get a star-studded American makeover, after Hollywood executives struck a six-figure deal for the movie rights to the popular series, Community Care can reveal.
01 April 2012
Social worker deprivation of liberty assessments unmonitored
The Care Quality Commission has raised concerns over the protection of vulnerable adults because of its inability to monitor deprivation of liberty assessments by social workers and other professionals. (Image: Milton Montenegro/Photodisc/Getty Images)
27 March 2012
Wales faces radical shake-up of social work regulation
The proposed Social Services (Wales) Bill promises a radical shake up of social services in Wales, particularly in extending the regulation of social work.
19 March 2012
Tasks to be reserved for social workers in legal shake-up
Key social services tasks will be reserved for social workers under plans to overhaul the law in Wales, announced today. (Image: Rex)
12 March 2012
Social workers want compulsory registration of students
Social workers have given strong backing to the compulsory registration of students with the regulator, a survey has found.
09 March 2012
Social pedagogy in the UK: time to reflect
The government’s evaluation of settings that use social pedagogy for children in care has shown the benefits of the approach. Claire Cameron, professor of social work at Anglia Ruskin University and a member of the Centre for Understanding Social Pedagogy, outlines some of the work that has been taking place.
02 March 2012
Top five victories against social care cuts of 2011
While cuts have dominated social care in 2011 some proposed funding reductions and organisational closures have been successfully reversed. Here are our top five victories against the cuts.
21 December 2011
Council social workers face third year without pay rise
Council social workers face a third consecutive annual pay freeze after employers yesterday announced staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland would receive no increase for 2012-13. (Image: Alamy)
24 February 2012
Will Protecting Our Children have any impact on social work?
Will the high profile BBC series Protecting Our Children have any lasting impact on social work? Community Care asked the profession.
17 February 2012
Councils fined for failing to keep sensitive children's data safe
Two councils in England have been fined a total of £180,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to keep highly sensitive information about the welfare of children secure.
13 February 2012
How security guards help keep social workers safe on home visits
One of the most memorable moments in the second episode of BBC Two’s Protecting Our Children programme came less than two minutes in. As Annie Semphill, the Bristol social worker, arrived outside the home of Shaun and Marva, she met with the two security guards who would accompany her on the visit to discuss the couple’s ability to care for their then unborn child.
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The security guards kept resurfacing too. Semphill’s visits to Shaun, who has a history of unpredictable violence, always had a burly, cross-armed guard close by
10 February 2012
Family courts plans 'risk miscarriages of justice'
Social workers and children's guardians have condemned "nonsensical" government plans for a six-month limit on care cases, warning the deadline could lead to miscarriages of justice.
09 February 2012
Call for national inquiry following second child custody death
Two teenagers who were serving time at young offender institutions in England have died in the space of a week.
27 January 2012
Social work tools for direct work with children – Observation
Observation What is the technique? When would I use this? What resources do I need? What do I do? What am I looking for? Warnings
24 January 2012
Social work tools for direct work with children – Drawing
Drawing What is the technique? There are a number of techniques to try with children that can be facilitated with just some coloured pencils...
24 January 2012
Social work tools for direct work with children – Dolls
What is the technique? Using dolls or animals to represent people in the child's life, you begin a story and then ask the child to "show...
24 January 2012
