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The proposed Bill of Rights and social work
By Tim Spencer-Lane The government has introduced the Bill of Rights Bill to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) with a new domestic
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Home Office recruiting 40 social workers to its new asylum age assessment body
The government is recruiting up to 40 social workers to join a new Home Office body managing age assessments of young asylum seekers. The National
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Deprivation of liberty: rules helping authorities place children across border in Scotland come into force
Rules making it easier for authorities to place children in residential care in Scotland from the rest of the UK under deprivation of liberty (DoL)
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Carers more stressed, less able to take breaks and less supported by paid services, finds study
Carers are more stressed, less able to take breaks and less supported by paid services, a survey of over 40,000 has found. They are also also less
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Staffing pressures limiting children’s homes’ ability to respond to rising council demand, finds study
Independent children’s homes are facing significant staffing pressures that are hampering their ability to respond to rising demand from
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Guide to the draft Mental Health Bill
By Tim Spencer-Lane The government has published its much-anticipated draft Mental Health Bill to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). According
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Most councils fear they will lack enough social workers to implement care reforms, finds survey
Most councils fear they will lack enough social workers and other frontline staff to implement the government’s adult social care reforms, the
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‘There’s a real sense of pride in our work to reunite families’
“As a child, going in and out of care is challenging. It wasn’t helpful for my brothers. I know the damage that it did to me
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Bill to remove social work from councils in Scotland published
Legislation to remove responsibility for social work from councils in Scotland to create a National Care Service (NCS) was published this week. The
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Unions seek 11% wage rise for Cafcass staff after chief’s warnings of social worker exodus
Unions have called for a 10.8% pay increase for Cafcass workers, after management warnings that it risked a staffing exodus over government wage
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Ukraine: council heads raise safeguarding concerns as UK starts accepting unaccompanied children
Council leaders have issued safeguarding and resource concerns, after the government opened its Homes for Ukraine scheme to unaccompanied
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Can technology support co-production with children and families?
By Ida Cohen, senior consultant social worker, Liquidlogic ‘Listening to the voice of the child’, ‘involving service users’ and
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National DoLs court launched to handle children’s deprivation of liberty cases
Story updated 23 June 2022 The leading family judge has launched a National DoLs (deprivation of liberty) Court to handle applications to deprive
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‘Exemplary practice’ sees borough rise to outstanding rating
Story updated 23 June 2022 “Exemplary” practice” based on strong social work fundamentals and investment in keeping families together safely
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Lower caseloads – not expert units or staff – best way to improve safeguarding, say social workers
Community Care readers have overwhelmingly called for reduced caseloads as the best way to improve child protection in a snap poll. Almost two-thirds