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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
Munro’s Interim Report on Child Protection – some thoughts

Professor Munro published an Interim Report on Child Protection – subtitled ‘A Child’s Journey’ yesterday with some ideas, thoughts and (most importantly) hard research evidence about changes that need to be made in the child protection system and particularly...

Published 2 Feb 2011 6:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, health, England, personal, Child abuse, Child protection, Ofsted, Ed Balls, children's services, social work task force, eileen munro, monroe report, munro, munro report, munro review, munroe report
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
Day of the Ed

Having satisfied myself that I can’t separate my work from my politics, I have a somewhat indulgent post about the current events of the day. I’ve been following the Labour Leadership contest with intermittent interest. Since the election the interregnum...

Published 26 Sep 2010 5:33 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: politics, uk politics, personal, Ed Balls, david miliband, diane abbott, ed miliband, labour leadership election, labour party, union votes
Balls and Hypocrisy

Just a quick post today. I was minding my own business reading the Evening Standard on my tube journey home yesterday when I came across the following headline GORDON BROWN ‘FUDGED AND TRIMMED’ TO PLEASE DAILY MAIL, SAYS ED BALLS. … Continue reading...

Published 17 Sep 2010 6:41 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, politics, social workers, personal, Ed Balls, ed balls is a hypocrit, hypocrisy
Shoesmith and the aftermath

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Sharon Shoesmith’s appeal against her dismissal as ‘unlawful’ was rejected at the High Court yesterday but it wasn’t as straightforward as some headlines might suggest. I haven’t a great deal of sympathy for Shoesmith...

Published 24 Apr 2010 7:11 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, politics, daily mail, personal, Child protection, Sharon Shoesmith, Ed Balls, London Borough of Haringey, High Court of Justice, baby p aftermath
Report Reporting

So the Task Force report yesterday was pretty much as predicted. Personally, I think a lot of the contents are very welcome with the main concern being the lack of money to implement them – but I’m willing to engage positively with the process of change...

Published 2 Dec 2009 7:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, politics, uk, community care, personal, the guardian, Ed Balls, Ray Jones, social work taskforce, deirdre sanders, Best Interests Assessor, social work taskforce final report, peter beresford, social work task force
Deirdre Sanders, the GSCC Conference and the Social Work Taskforce

I’ve written before about the invitation made by the GSCC (General Social Care Council – the regulatory authority for Social Workers and Social Care Workers) to invite speak at their conference. Ed chatting with Deirdre Deirdre Sanders is employed by...

Published 7 Oct 2009 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, local authority, politics, health, social services, local government, gscc., personal, General Social Care Council, Ed Balls, agony aunt, social work taskforce, deirdre sanders, british social work, gscc conference, general social care council conference
Hopes and Balls

Oh dear. I suppose he’s trying to claw back any credibility he might once of had. Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families writes a blatheringly sympathetic piece in the Guardian about how much he supports social workers. Nice...

Published 9 Sep 2009 6:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, mental health, local authority, old age, uk, health, social services, gscc., social worker, the guardian, General Social Care Council, Ed Balls, social work taskforce, deirdre saunders
Fast-track Social Work

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, Ed Balls announced a plan to fast-track other ‘professionals’ like lawyers, teachers and police officers into social work on a one year ‘scheme’. He says that this scheme – which will attract a £15,000 payment to those who...

Published 10 Jul 2009 6:28 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, training, politics, Education, personal, Ed Balls, Postgraduate education, fast track social worker
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
Balls to Balls

Yesterday Ball announced a plan to ‘transform’ social work and inject £58 million into the system. This came as the government responded to Laming’s report following the ‘Baby P’ tragedy. Although actually it isn’t about transforming social work – it...

Published 7 May 2009 6:32 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, local authority, politics, uk, health, local government, BBC, personal, Ed Balls, social work taskforce, Conservatives, Tim Loughton, children and families social work, child social work, poor morale
Training, Universities and the CWDC

Community Care have an article on their website today about CWDC (Children’s Workforce Development Council) and their submission to the Social Work Taskforce which is considering the future of the Social Work profession following an interview published...

Published 23 Mar 2009 6:30 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, ASW, local authority, social policy, social justice, health, university, Ed Balls, social work taskforce, social work training, training social workers, mike leadbetter, education in social work, cwdc
World Social Work Day

Happy World Social Work Day! A day to celebrate the joy of social work – I had an idea for a post planned but couldn’t let this occasion pass so my thoughts about the letter received by every registered social worker in the UK on Friday will have to hold...

Published 17 Mar 2009 5:56 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, mental health, uk, advocacy, social worker, social work in the uk, Ed Balls, Alan Johnson, Hilton Dawson, world social work day
Laming and Training

I will not pretend to have read Laming’s report which was published yesterday. I haven’t. Honestly, I’m struggling a bit with my workload at the moment (oh, the irony!) and getting home I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself...

Published 13 Mar 2009 4:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, mental health, uk, gscc., General Social Care Council, Ed Balls, social work training, laming, social work education, laming report 2009
Of Public Image and Social Work

Community Care launch their ‘Stand Up for Social Work’ campaign today. The aim is to focus on poor media images and misconceptions of social workers and to promote positive social work stories to the media and possibly even, dare I say it...

Published 12 Mar 2009 5:36 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, Education, Child protection, Ed Balls, deirdre sanders, positive images of social work, sun agony aunt, media campaign, community care magazine, stand up for social work campaign, ed balls idiot
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
Follow The Sun

Yesterday the make up of the shiny new government Task Force on Social Work was announced. This is a focus group who are to be involved in the ‘root and branch’ review of front-line practice of the Social Work profession as a whole in the...

Published 27 Jan 2009 6:15 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, politics, uk, personal, Ed Balls, uk social work, Secretary of State for Health, agony aunt, change in social work, Sun, social work taskforce, Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, Alan Johnson, task force, deirdre sanders
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
Reviewing Social Work

This morning, Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children has announced review of Social Work. Seeing his job description, I wonder how much effect this will have on the generic nature of Social Work training. Some of the headline changes ‘demanded’...

Published 7 Dec 2008 7:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, socialcare, local authority, uk, health, social services, social worker, mental health act 1983, Sharon Shoesmith, what is social work, Ed Balls, reforming social work, uk social work

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