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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: baby p, Child protection, court of appeal, Death of Baby P, deirdre sanders, Ed Balls, Haringey London Borough Council, London Borough of Haringey, Ofsted, personal, peter connolly, politics, scapegoating, serious case reviews, Sharon Shoesmith, shoesmith, social work, the sun, work
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: baby p, blog, Chief executive officer, Child, Child protection, david clark, david clark solace, Ed Balls, local authority, local government, social care, social work, solace, work
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: baby p, Child protection, England, essex county council, Haringey, haringey council, joy coles, restructuring, social care, social work, uk, work
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: baby p, Child protection, Ed Balls, ed balls criticism of social work, General Social Care Council, politics, Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, social issues, social work, Sun, 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: baby p, Child protection, children's services, Ed Balls, Education, Haringey, local government, retraining, social care, social work, United Kingdom, 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: baby p, Child abuse, Child protection, Child Protective Services, Haringey, social services, social work, work

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