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Author Archive | Rob Preston

Darryl Freeman, director of children's services, Herefordshire Council

Children, Social work leaders

DCS: bullying highlighted in TV investigation ‘no longer tolerated’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Frontline’s social work qualification rates lower than other fast-track schemes’, data shows

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Serious procedural failings’ led council to wrongly believe man posed risk to son, finds ombudsman

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Passionate’ social workers help council gain outstanding rating, despite workforce challenges

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Louise Tickle

Children

TV investigation aims to highlight trauma faced by families from wrongful child protection action

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Exceptional’ direct work helps council improve to ‘outstanding’ despite staffing challenges

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers’ quality of working life continues to decline post-lockdowns, study finds

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows

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Children, Social work leaders

Inspectors downgrade council after finding ‘significant variation’ in quality of social work

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Children, Social work leaders

Turnover of social workers led to toddler suffering significant harm, review finds

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Logan Mwangi

Children

Logan Mwangi murder: review to probe children’s services’ role in safeguarding boy

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Children

Should – and could – councils reduce their reliance on independent fostering agencies?

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Children, Workforce

Improvements at ‘inadequate’ council mean no children left at risk of harm as full reinspection looms

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Children, Social work leaders

Record number of female directors of children’s services, report finds

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Children

Council’s ‘unacceptable’ caseloads damaging quality of social work with families, Ofsted warns

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work recruitment difficulties undermining practice at struggling council

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