Failures in implementing the current child
protection system, rather than the system itself, are to blame for
many child abuse deaths, argue the NSPCC's Peter Dale, Richard
Green and Ron
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Babies in danger
Social workers to practise before age of 22
Social workers will be able to practise before they reach the
age of 22 following a decision by the General Social Care Council,
writes Katie Leason.
www.younglivin.org.uk
This is an innovative site developed and
maintained by children and young people in Kingston in partnership
with that borough's children and family services department, writes
Alan Coombe,
A sure hire thing
Involving service users in every stage of
staff selection not only makes good recruitment sense, it can also
help fine-tune service delivery, writes Peter Beresford.
Alone and not home
Government
needs to wake up to the fact that London bears the brunt of caring for
unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Anabel Unity Sale reports.
analysis of how professions failed to communicate in Victoria Climbie case
As phase one of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry ended this
week, a picture was emerging of professions that simply do not
understand each other. Lauren Revans reports.
analysis of the 12 missed opportunities in Victoria Climbie’s case
Neil Garnham QC highlighted 12 missed opportunities to
protect Victoria Climbie in his closing evidence to the Laming
inquiry this week.
Narrow, restrictive and reactive
In the first of a series of articles on the
future of child protection, Nigel Parton argues that the child
protection system needs to incorporate a broader definition of
child abuse and take
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Home secretary David Blunkett spoke to Community Care's
features editor Frances Rickford.
Star wars
Performance ratings for social services
departments are set to be more transparent than ever thanks to Alan
Milburn's proposals for star-ratings, and could see epartments
being pitted against
NSPCC muddle confuses inquiry
Children's charity the NSPCC has defended its
record in the Victoria Climbie case following further allegations
that it interfered with its evidence to the inquiry.
Private gain
In
a major new study of private fostering published this week, Bob Holman uncovers
the diverse circumstances that lead people to foster children and suggests that
many
Ignoring our ambitions
Visually impaired people should be provided
with the opportunities that others take for granted, says Phil
Brough.
The status of visually impaired people is
poor.
Protecting adults from abuse
Social services departments in England are making progress in developing a multi-agency strategy to protect vulnerable adults from abuse, according to a major survey.
Lynne Berry, chief executive of the General Social Care Council, describes a milestone week for social care
Monday
Every Monday begins with a management meeting.
Top of the policy queue?
A recent blaze of activity has raised hopes
that the Valuing People strategy for people with learning
difficulties is back at the centre of the government's agenda.
Job of the week
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