Tag Archives | child protection

Annie Hudson, chair, Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Arthur and Star cases show need for expert child protection units, finds review

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Team manager leading meeting

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Review proposals to ‘axe’ child protection conference chairs a ‘massive concern’, warns BASW

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Care review lead Josh MacAlister

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care review urges national social work pay scales to reward expertise and boost retention

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Image of Sir Alan Wood, chair of the children's social care What Works Centre

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Why only specialist child protection teams will tackle the annual child death toll’

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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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Louise Tickle

Children

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

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Bootle Town Hall

Children, Social work leaders

Council’s lack of social work capacity leaving children inadequately protected, finds Ofsted

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Sad small child hugging teddy

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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Kyrell Matthews

Children, Social work leaders

‘Crisis-led’ approach saw council close referral over boy’s unexplained injury months before murder, says review

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Image of social worker with family (credit: Monkey Business / Adobe Stock)

Children

From parental blame to partnership with families: how to transform children’s social care

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Image of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes (credit: West Midlands Police)

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Insufficient social workers to meet need’ in town where Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died, probe finds

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Image of cutouts representing family being held in hands (credit: Romolo Tavani / Adobe Stock)

Children

‘Working in partnership with families is crucial to safeguarding the interests of children’

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Image of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes (credit: West Midlands Police)

Children

Arthur inquiry must consider Covid context of social work practice

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Image of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes (credit: West Midlands Police)

Children

The tragic deaths of Arthur and Star must lead to a more humane and supportive social care for families

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Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

Children

National review of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes murder to recommend changes by May 2022

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