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Rochdale council faces renewed criticism after damning abuse case review

MP calls for former council bosses to be disciplined as review reveals complacency, poor communication and dubious care policy meant opportunities to protect victims were missed

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Are you a fan of our social work diary series? We've published our first ever Kindle e-book with a collection of tales from frontline professionals.

Children

Timpson challenges social workers and announces legal change for care leavers

Children's minister tells Community Care Live he intends to 'challenge and champion' social workers to improve standards of care and safeguarding

More training for social workers protecting teens from domestic abuse

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‘Advocacy in child protection will not replace social workers’

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Adults

Social workers may be asked to submit client information for benefit test

Tribunal rules that requirement for sickness benefit claimants to collect their own medical evidence disadvantages those with mental health problems learning disabilities or autism.

Labour to press case for power of entry for social workers after rejection by government

Personal budgets improve outcomes but still held back by bureaucracy

Survey of 3,400 personal budgets recipients and carers finds personal budgets have greatest impact when councils reduce red tape for practitioners and families.

Workforce

'Frontline could attract talented grads who have never considered social work'

The new fast-track training programme for children’s social workers lets us cast the recruitment net into a wider pool, argues David Shemmings, professor of child protection research at the University of Kent (writing in a personal capacity).

'A first class degree is not the only guarantee of a high level of thinking and analysis'

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Social worker who moved in with vulnerable service user struck off

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Mental health

Radio 4 coverage of mental health bed pressures and impact on social workers

'Social worker silence and fear is propping up this broken mental health system'

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A quick guide to mental health payment by results and its impact on social work

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Failings in police, social work and NHS joint working 'contributed to' mental health deaths

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Guide to the new Working Together 2013 guidance - how it affects your social work role

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Guide to race equality and safeguarding

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Inspiring excellence in social care: how Community Care is changing

Social work cartoon: 'Work/life balance'

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Life on the social work frontline: buy the groundbreaking e-book

Ex-social worker's short stories 'grapple with complexity of working in volatile environments'

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Elsewhere on the web

Elsewhere on the web

Benefits cap will have catastrophic effect on families, court will hear - The Guardian

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Social work educators’ response to Frontline proposals - Martin Webber's blog

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The untapped potential of mental health social work - Martin Webber's blog

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Social workers invited to bid for share of £150,000 dementia innovation fund - Department of Health

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'Do we need care homes for older people in 2013? Regrettably, yes'

Legal

Council breached equality duty in setting care home fees

Research

How the latest research on safeguarding disabled children should inform social work

Social care leaders

Our new group provides senior managers with news and analysis on the chief policy and practice issues they face

Care work

Zero-hour contracts and unpaid travel time wrong approach for reablement staff

Practice

Why does ambition not match reality when delivering early intervention?

How social workers can make personal budgets work for people with dementia

By following good practice on assessments, support planning and reviews right, social workers can overcome the barriers to making personal budgets work for people with dementia.

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'Senior managers are so removed, they need a telescope to see the frontline'

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