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Baby P social workers lose appeal against their sacking
Maria Ward and Gillie Christou have lost their employment tribunal appeal
25 May 2012
Reviewing officers face 'fear' and 'intimidation' at work
Independent reviewing officers have written to the children’s minister saying they face ‘fear’ and ‘intimidation’ at work
14 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
70% of looked-after children who return home aren't ready
More than 70% of children who leave local authority care to live with their families do not feel they are ready to go home, according to research by the NSPCC.
30 April 2012
Pilot to speed up care proceedings launched
A pilot trialling new ways of speeding up care proceedings, in line with recommendations made by the family justice review, has been launched in London.
27 April 2012
Independent social workers don't delay cases, study finds
Independent social work reports add considerable value in complex family cases and lead to better decision-making for children, research by Oxford university has found.
19 April 2012
Controversial adoption score cards delayed
The government’s controversial adoption score cards have been delayed by local government elections, the Department for Education has revealed. (Pic: Shorts and Longs on Flickr)
13 April 2012
Care applications to Cafcass hit all-time high
The annual number of local authority care applications has hit an all-time high, breaking the 10,000 mark, according to latest Cafcass figures.
11 April 2012
Adoption tsar Martin Narey: I do listen to social workers
Martin Narey has faced criticism since his appointment as the government's first adoption tsar from those who believe he has not listened to frontline social workers. But in an exclusive piece for Community Care, he explains how the views of social workers have been central to his recommendations
05 April 2012
Fear over plans to "slaughter" child protection guidance
Ministers are planning to "slaughter" key child safeguarding guidance as part of measures to tackle bureaucracy in children's services, Community Care understands. (Image: Rex features)
28 March 2012
'My job is about giving confidence back to social workers'
When Eileen Munro recommended that every local authority should have a principal social worker, the government was quick to accept the proposal. Almost a year on, how is the role working in practice? Tristan Donovan speaks to Medway council’s first ever principal social worker.
22 March 2012
Social workers frustrated at slow progress on Munro reform
Frustration is growing among social workers at the government’s failure to move quickly on plans to scrap statutory assessments and timescales for councils.
26 March 2012
Children’s minister gets adoption lesson from top social worker
The children’s minister’s office wall is decorated with handwritten, brown paper flow charts depicting the adoption journey, reveals social worker Celia Parker.
She’s just met Tim Loughton after winning the Social Worker of the Year award at the end of last year.
20 March 2012
One third of social workers will never join College
Thirty percent of social workers say they will never join The College of Social Work, according to a survey by recruitment agency Liquid Personnel.
19 March 2012
Ministers to launch controversial adoption score cards
The government plans to introduce a controversial system of score cards to measure local authority performance as part of its radical adoption reforms, published today. (Image: Shorts and Longs on flickr)
14 March 2012
Social workers to face three-month adoption target
Social workers will soon be expected to find prospective adopters within three months of a child being recommended for adoption, prime minister David Cameron will announce today.
09 March 2012
Action on witchcraft-based child abuse expected this year
Social workers will be expected to be more aware of the signs of witchcraft-related child abuse when the government publishes new research on the issue later this year. (Picture of Kristy Bamu by Gavin Rodgers/Rex Features)
02 March 2012
Record child referrals push social workers to breaking point
Social workers are struggling to deal with record numbers of children entering care and some have become so stressed they are leaving the profession, it has been claimed. (Pic model released: Voisin/Phanie/Rex Features)
09 February 2012
Half of social workers feel 'powerless' to stop neglect
Half of social workers feel powerless to stop children being neglected because of high thresholds and inadequate resources. (Image: Rex Features)
23 January 2012
Council pays £1m damages for 'shocking' child abuse failings
Essex council has paid damages of almost £1m to four siblings it failed to protect from years of parental abuse, Community Care has learned. (Pic: posed by model, Nigel R. Barklie/Rex Features)
18 January 2012
