Children

News, practice information and opinion on children and families social work and social care
Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of children’s homes up 44% since 2020 as fostering sector shrinks

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Children, Social work leaders

‘How children are missing out on family care because councils fail to consider overseas placements’

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Adults, Children

Bolstering AMHP role can ‘vastly reduce’ detention numbers under existing MHA, say service heads

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Janet Daby

Children

Former social worker becomes minister in DfE

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Children, Inform Children

Using motivational interviewing in social work: four key techniques

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Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting

Adults, Children

Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson handed responsibility for social care in Labour government

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Keir Starmer

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Labour urged to prioritise social work after huge election victory

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Children, Social work leaders

Fostering Families: a relationship-based alternative to separating them

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Community Care readers’ voting intentions revealed

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

BASW chief Ruth Allen on the state of mental health social work

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Children, Workforce

Social workers to strike over election day as Northern Ireland dispute escalates

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Council social care spending up 10% in real terms for second year in a row, data shows

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Children, Workforce

‘Social workers need to understand their power’: June Thoburn on her research career

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers honoured in King’s birthday list

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Children

Most social workers back ban on profit-making from children’s care

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

Adults, Children, Workforce

Register now for Community Care Live 2024!

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