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How to... sustain peer learning as a lone social worker
How to sustain peer learning when you're the only social worker around
04 July 2011
Multi-agency safeguarding centre for children's referrals
The final Munro Report recommended councils look at new "gatekeeping" methods in children's social care. Judy Cooper investigates a multi-agency hub
07 June 2011
Engage local churches to combat witchcraft abuse says report
Local safeguarding boards should map all churches which operate in their area as a means of combating the child abuse associated with some witchcraft and spirit possession beliefs according to a new report.
16 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
Munro calls for DCS role to be protected
The Munro review has called on the government to protect the role of the director of children’s services and criticised moves by some councils to either split children’s services from education or to combine children and adult’s services.
10 May 2011
Data lacking on teens and toddlers, survey reveals
There are gaps in the data available about children before they start formal education and as they enter their teenage years, a survey of children's services staff has revealed
28 March 2011
Pooling budgets and integrated teams boost Swindon's children's services
Swindon Council's services were felt to be fragmented. But by pooling budgets – to the extent that it has been announced as one of the pilots for the much vaunted community budgets – it has transformed performance. Ben Willis reports
18 February 2011
Doing it for real
In April, Community Care spoke to six Diploma in Social Work students about their training experiences and hopes for the future. Clare Jerrom recently revisited the six to find out how their careers are progressing.
12 November 2005
Serious case reviews
A serious case review (SCR) must be carried out in the event of the death of or reported serious harm to a child in England.
25 January 2011
Children’s services in England
The Children Act 1989 was the first piece of legislation to set out the duty of councils in regard to child protection. Lord Laming's inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié, published in January 2003, led to an overhaul of children's services in England in the form of the Labour government's Every Child Matters white paper also published in 2003, and the subsequent Children Act 2004.
20 December 2010
Integrated Children's System
The Integrated Children's System, commonly known as ICS, has been a point of controversy in children's social care since its creation.
09 December 2010
Multidisciplinary teams
Facts, links and other information about the kind of teams social workers are increasingly working within... multidisciplinary teams
09 December 2010
Child protection 'should be split into investigation and support'
Hilary Searing, a retired social worker in Carmarthenshire, reflects on some of the changes to child protection that need to be considered by the Munro review
03 December 2010
Health visitors and social workers to work more closely in early intervention
Health visitors are set for a larger role in early intervention in the lives of vulnerable children. Julie Griffiths reports
26 November 2010
DfE spends £12.8m on management consultants
The Department for Education spent £4.6m on work by a management consultancy firm that had been charged with delivering Contactpoint, departmental records have shown.
25 November 2010
Equality commission to lose functions in quango shake-up
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to lose functions to government departments or the private and voluntary sectors under government plans to "substantially streamline" its remit.
14 October 2010
NHS reform threat to joint social care and health working
The government’s NHS reforms risk driving health and social care apart unless action is taken to promote joint commissioning, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Richard Jones has warned.
12 October 2010
Vetting and Barring Scheme and CRB checks
Expert guide on the Vetting and Barring Scheme and CRB checks
12 October 2010
Welsh councils urged to track failed adoptions
Councils in Wales should track the number of adoptions which fail according to an Adoption UK report.
11 October 2010
Joint social care and health commissioning under threat
The chairman of the health select committee has warned that joint social care and health commissioning could be destabilised by the government's health reform plan.
06 October 2010
