By Bronagh Miskelly
Ed Balls, the children's, schools and families secretary, was able to stand up for social workers today thanks to Twitter and the efforts of Community Care reporter Amy Taylor.
It started with a Tweet - Balls announced on the social networking site Twitter this morning that he hoped to wear a "Thank God for Social Workers" badge when giving a speech to the Association of Directors of Children's Services, if the badge reached him in time.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2009/07/ed-balls-the-intrepid-amy-a-ba.html

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Posted 9 Jul 2009 5:35 PM by The Social Work Blog | Report Abuse