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Can boarding schools help prevent children being taken into care?
Professionals are being urged to consider boarding schools as an early intervention method for children on the edge of care, with Kent Council leading the way. Daniel Lombard reports
04 September 2011
One in ten social work courses still have places
Only 23 (13%) of the 179 social work degree courses on offer throughout the UK still have spaces in clearing for A-level students who did not gain their...
18 August 2011
Lack of placements sees fewer social work degree places
A lack of practice placements is expected to cause a cut in the number of undergraduate social work degree places in England and Wales despite a recent rise in applications, an exclusive Community Care investigation has revealed. (picture: Rex)
22 June 2011
The voluntary sector has a role in SEN assessments
The green paper on special educational needs and disability moots greater use of the voluntary sector. Una Summerson looks at how the sector sees its role changing in the future.
03 June 2011
Homelessness in schools is a sizeable problem
Social work practice educator Helen Bonnick congratulates Quintin Kynaston School in London as it addresses homelessness among its students
12 May 2011
School builds children's home for homeless students
Just as they prepare for their exams, 16- and 17-year-olds can find themselves homeless. Camilla Pemberton reports on a school with a bold solution
12 May 2011
Social workers should speak directly to media, says Munro
Social workers should speak directly to journalists more often to try and improve the media coverage of child protection social work, the Munro Review has recommended.
10 May 2011
New ADCS president wants more radical solutions to SEN
The new president of the Association of Director’s of Children’s Services has set out his ambition to help make the green paper on disabiilty and special educational needs "more radical".
05 April 2011
Children in care prioritised to receive education bursaries
The government has prioritised children in care, care leavers and vulnerable teenagers in a bursary scheme that will replace the educational maintenance...
29 March 2011
Will health reforms undermine Munro's vision?
For some, the health and education reforms are casting a shadow over Professor Eileen Munro's intention to improve child protection, but others feel that they will enhance joint working.
Molly Garboden reports
28 March 2011
Tribunal judge criticises GSCC overseas social worker rules
The General Social Care Council has been slammed by a tribunal judge over its strict policy on preventing overseas social workers from practising without the right qualifications.
18 March 2011
Children with special educational needs must be better supported
A recent Ofsted report found schools were over-diagnosing special educational needs (SEN) among students. But not enough has been said about educational provision for those who do have special needs and the knock-on impact on health and well-being.
04 March 2011
Engaging with communities to prevent female genital mutilation
Social workers and health professionals are working together in Bristol to convince communities that female genital mutilation is abuse, reports Louise Hunt
04 March 2011
Social work students from ethnic minorities face struggle
Black students are struggling to pass the social work degree because universities do not have proper systems of support for their needs, a senior academic has said.
02 March 2011
Should social work placements in schools become common practice?
Schools offer a ready environment for accessible preventive and therapeutic work if set up with some sense of collaboration.
14 February 2011
Lord Adonis pledges to protect special schools with new guidance
Councils looking to close special schools would have to demonstrate they had better provision in place for children with special educational needs, the government announced today.
30 November 2006
Tony Blair has failed to improve life for children in care, claims Fostering Network
Tony Blair has failed children in care during his 10 years as Prime Minister, charity Fostering Network has claimed.
08 May 2007
student receptionists in school: what's the point
They may be more polite than their adult counterparts but what is the point of student receptionists, surely they should be in class
10 July 2008
Cuts take toll on student placements at councils
Placements for social work students in council settings were slashed by 11% last year, a Community Care investigation has revealed. (Picture: Rex, model released)
26 January 2011
Social worker wins appeal against GSCC over 'forged' diploma
A social worker struck off by the General Social Care Council for supplying a forged diploma certificate can practise again after winning an appeal against the regulator.
05 January 2011
