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• Smoking out unsuitable foster carers

  By Derren Hayes Shock horror, Barak Obama is a smoker. "A smoker" I hear you cry. That's right. Surely, this must call into question whether he is fit to take office? Read More... Posted Nov 11 2008, 10:58 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: children and young people, local authorities, health, children in care, carers, looked after children, foster care, smoking

• Teachers, social workers and zombies

  by Simeon Brody "Teacher are being turned into social workers!" screams the Daily Telegraph . You can imagine that this venerable news organ could envisage no worse fate for the nation's educators. If they died and came back as zombies it... Posted Sep 30 2008, 12:21 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: simeon brody, social workers, looked after children, teachers, lemn sissay

• Bravo for social work

  By Derren Hayes I took a trip down memory lane last night - back to year 1980 when I was a wee lad of seven. Stumped for anything better to watch on the box I decided to tune into a BBC4 documentary about Juliet Bravo, the hugely popular police drama... Posted Aug 27 2008, 06:42 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: tv, looked after children, runaways, police drama, foster care, homelessness