Child safeguarding

Children, Workforce

Social worker struck off after disclosing case details

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Children

Family networks can be a critical resource in social work response to ‘violent extremism’

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Adults, Children, Workforce

ADCS president aims to improve public image of care and end ‘formulaic’ social work

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Children

Council ‘wholly failed’ to prove family took children to live in Islamic State territory, Munby says

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Children

Managers do not understand complexity of social work cases in council, Ofsted finds

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Children

Care order applications at all-time high in 2015/16

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Children

Lack of support took emotional toll on social workers in child sexual exploitation case

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Children

DfE troubleshooter to assess whether to outsource Dudley children’s services

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Children

Lack of professional assertiveness a factor in case where child died, review finds

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Children

Push for academy schools raises ‘grave concerns’ about impact on safeguarding

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Children

Bucking the trend: How North Yorkshire curbed the need for child protection plans

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Workforce, Children

Social work diary: ‘There’s so much anguish here that the future looks bleak’

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Children, Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Lack of reflective supervision hindered action in baby death case

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Children

Professionals shouldn’t believe there’s only one type of child sexual exploitation victim

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Children

Council’s ‘unacceptable delays’ left parents without fair hearing over decision to take baby into care

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Children

Restructure led to ‘early closure’ of case where girl was abused, review finds

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