New DVD to help work with children with complex needs
A new tool has been developed to help social care professionals work with, and understand, children with complex emotional and behavioural needs. Bearing...
18 May 2010
Community Care LIVE delegates' views on the national college of social work
A major consultation on the future of the national college of social work was launched at Community Care LIVE last week. We asked practitioners and students what they would like the college to achieve for them, and how much they would pay to join.
24 May 2010
ADCS figure calls for 'welfare model' in children's services
Recent "unprecedented" levels of investment in children's services have been overly focused on processes and "technical fixes", Community Care LIVE...
21 May 2010
Maggie Atkinson's speech to Community Care LIVE 2010
Maggie Atkinson, Children's Commissioner for England Community Care Live Conference 19 May 2010 Good morning and thank you to Community Care...
19 May 2010
Council cuts could hurt carers' services, CC LIVE hears
Experts fear that budget cuts could lead to tougher times for carers as councils seek to claw back savings, Community Care LIVE heard today.
19 May 2010
Maggie Atkinson wants to lead debate on risk in safeguarding
Children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson has volunteered to lead a national debate on how agencies assess risk when it comes to children's safeguarding. Responding...
19 May 2010
Shaun Bailey tells CC LIVE personalisation 'dreamt up on high'
Social care leaders and a rising star of the Conservative party have clashed over the current state of social work at one of the sector's foremost annual...
19 May 2010
Social work college consultation launches at Live
A major consultation on shaping the country's first college of social work was launched at Community Care Live this evening, ahead of the first interim chair being appointed in June.
18 May 2010
Coalition would be foolish to drop reform, Gibb tells CC Live
The new coalition government would be foolish to scrap England's social work reform programme in order to save money, the chair of the reform board has said.
18 May 2010
Record high month for Cafcass care applications
Care order applications to Cafcass are continuing to soar, according to the family courts body's latest quarterly figures which showed a 34% rise in the year 2009-10. Anthony Douglas, Cafcass chief executive, said: "I fully support the actions that local authorities are taking to protect these children, most of whom have complex long-term needs." (Pic credit: Tom Parkes)
18 May 2010
