Children

News, practice information and opinion on children and families social work and social care
The word racism written on a chalkboard, half-erased.

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

ASYE failure rate falls but racial gap persists, reports Skills for Care

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Children

Should parents have a right to advocacy during child protection cases?

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Children

‘You don’t just sign section papers’: project to evidence value of AMHP role starts work

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Jigsaw puzzle showing supply demand gap

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker shortage set to increase over next decade, says DfE

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Social work academic Olive Stevenson

Children, Workforce

‘A true doyen of social work’: the life and influence of Olive Stevenson

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A man and woman reviewing some documents

Children, Social work leaders

Project seeks to improve quality of child safeguarding reviews

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James Timpson, at the time minister for prisons, standing in front of a union jack

Children, Workforce

Minister highlights prison social workers’ role in helping female inmates maintain relationships

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Aman Basi, from Sandwell Children's Trust, and Dr Tarsem Singh Cooner, of the University of Birmingham

Children

The virtual reality social work training programme enabling relationship-based practice

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Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

Adults, Children, Workforce

Learn from lived experience to enhance your social work practice

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How confident are social workers in the Labour government?

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Asylum-seeking child

Children

Councils offered £15,000 to take in unaccompanied children from Kent

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Janet Daby

Children

Former social worker confirmed as minister for children’s social care

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Police camp at Sports Direct, Oakwood, Leeds, during Harehills disturbances on 18 July 2024

Children

Council to urgently review child protection case linked to disturbances in Leeds suburb

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Social Worker Talking To Mother And Children At Home

Children

‘Why parents in the child protection system need advocacy’

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King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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Andy Smith, president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, 2024-25

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social worker numbers coming down in children’s services, says ADCS president

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