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Shoesmith, Balls and Appeals

I was trying to steer away from discussion of the Shoesmith’s appeal against her dismissal by Haringey Council (via Ed Balls, the responsible Cabinet minister at the time) and her victory in the Court of Appeal – but having followed the case from the...

Published 31 May 2011 6:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, politics, personal, baby p, Child protection, Ofsted, Sharon Shoesmith, Ed Balls, London Borough of Haringey, deirdre sanders, the sun, peter connolly, Death of Baby P, court of appeal, Haringey London Borough Council, scapegoating, serious case reviews, shoesmith
Serious Case Review

Two serious case reviews relating to the circumstances of the death of Peter Connelly (also known as ‘Baby P) were published for the first time yesterday. I read through the second one (pdf) this morning but to be honest, gained … Continue reading...

Published 27 Oct 2010 7:19 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, local authority, politics, health, personal, baby p, Ed Balls, London Borough of Haringey, Death of Baby P, Guardian.co.uk, interprofessional working, Peter Connelly, serious case review
Aftermath

It’s been a year since the ‘Baby P’ story broke about Peter Connolly and his tragic death following a litany of appalling abuse by his carers. As he was on the child protection register and known to Haringey Social Services and had contact with primary...

Published 11 Nov 2009 7:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, social issues, work, socialcare, mental health, local authority, children act, personal, baby p, Haringey, Guardian, Ray Jones, social work taskforce, ed balls idiot, patrick butler, peter connolly
Solace in Support

David Clark, the Chief Executive of SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers) has made a splash by dipping his toe into the world of blogging by tackling the challenges of social work in the face of a lack of political support...

Published 2 Jun 2009 6:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, local authority, local government, blog, Child, baby p, Child protection, Ed Balls, david clark solace, Chief executive officer, david clark, solace
Bank Holiday Mix

It’s a Bank Holiday here today so I’ve just cobbled together a few links that caught my eye. PsychCentral lists 12 Great Things about Twitter – and of course, you can follow me here! Personally, I found it took me a while to get into it but...

Published 4 May 2009 6:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, mental health, health, links, spikol, BBC, Mind, baby p, Haringey, panorama, men's mental health, Twitter
Ostriches in Social Work

A couple of stories have emerged over the past week about social workers who have been disciplined for ignoring referrals. There is the case of Joy Coles who has been removed from the social care register thereby being unable to work in the capacity of...

Published 13 Apr 2009 6:30 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, uk, England, baby p, Haringey, Child protection, essex county council, restructuring, joy coles, haringey council
Balls

Image via Wikipedia Ed Balls irritates me. It isn’t perhaps the most measured judgement, I accept that, but every time now I see his name in any form of media representation, a little part of me cringes and mutters away to myself in language that...

Published 6 Mar 2009 5:38 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, social issues, work, politics, General Social Care Council, baby p, Child protection, Ed Balls, Sun, Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, ed balls criticism of social work
Shoesmith speaks

I’ve not been a great defender of Shoesmith, the former Director of Children’s Services at Haringey, but it doesn’t take much heart to have some sympathy for her ‘trial by media’ in the wake of the Baby P affair. She has...

Published 7 Feb 2009 5:27 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, local authority, social worker, Child, the guardian, baby p, Haringey, Sharon Shoesmith, Ed Balls, Sun, interview, Tabloid, child protection work
Training at the Top

Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children has announced a new training package for the Heads of Children’s Services throughout the UK. The Guardian reports that this is to plug the gap of skills as since the creation of the Children’s...

Published 9 Jan 2009 6:59 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, United Kingdom, Education, local government, baby p, Haringey, Child protection, Ed Balls, children's services, retraining
What is needed?

Ray Jones, Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, has written a piece in the Guardian’s Joe Public blog analysing what he feels is needed within Social Work. He is far more knowledgeable and eloquent than I and I have to say, I found myself...

Published 14 Dec 2008 5:28 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, london, social policy, uk, demonstration, baby p, Haringey, Guardian, Ray Jones
Press views

A lot of mileage over the past couple of days here in the press following the attention which has put the profession into the spotlight following the ‘Baby P’ case which has villified both individual social workers and the profession as a...

Published 13 Nov 2008 7:44 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, uk, social workers, the guardian, baby p, British Association of Social Workers, Herbert Laming Baron Laming, Ian Johnston, Lord Laming, press views of social work
Television

I saw ‘How Mad are You?’ last night. I’m going to reserve judgement until next week. It seemed a bit uncomfortable and I was trying to work out what the point of it was. Was it for entertainment? or to challenge stigma? Anyway, I’ll...

Published 12 Nov 2008 6:30 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, social services, baby p, Haringey, Child Protective Services, Child abuse, Child protection

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