50-50 over child protection agency

Opinions are evenly divided among visitors to Community
Care‘s website on whether to create a separate agency for
child protection investigations.

The poll was split 50-50 on the question of a new agency proposed
in response to high-profile child deaths.

This week’s question asks: Do you welcome the end of
generic social work and the introduction of new specialised
professional posts described by Alan Milburn?

The health secretary told last week’s National Social Services
Conference that the role of general social worker was no longer
sustainable. To vote go to www.communitycare.co.uk