Asylum-seeking child

Children, Social work leaders

Second council no longer taking asylum-seeking children as IRO caseloads soar

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Plan to ban staff moving between care homes to curb Covid ‘ill thought through’, warns provider body

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Adults

People with learning disabilities face ‘discrimination’ as data shows Covid death rate six times the average

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Children

Children’s social care reform needs to be driven by the lived experience of communities

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Children, Social work leaders

More councils reporting high numbers of social workers off work due to Covid

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Workforce

Social Work England to quiz students on anti-discriminatory practice teaching

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Anne Longfield

Children

Government showing ‘deep-rooted ambivalence to vulnerable children’s needs’, says commissioner

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Children

The challenges – and rewards – of depicting social work in fiction

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

Fostering capacity still ‘nowhere near enough to meet demand’, despite small rise, warns Ofsted

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Adults, Children

Council wronged disabled man by denying request to delay move after mother’s death, says ombudsman

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Children, Social work leaders

Family safeguarding model ‘replicable and effective’ in cutting care numbers and protection plans

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Care home resident and worker

Adults, Social work leaders

Government ditches controversial role for care home managers under Liberty Protection Safeguards

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Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief inspector

Children, Coronavirus

‘Covid pressure cooker’ behind 20% rise in reports of serious harm to babies, says inspectorate head

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Children, Coronavirus

Pandemic pressures amplifying ‘upheaval and distress’ for children in care, Ofsted finds

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James Bullion

Adults, Coronavirus

Extra £1.7bn for social care needed this winter to tackle shift away from care homes, warns ADASS

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Children, Social work leaders

Independent trust takes over children’s services from council

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