London Social Work for Children

1 year ago

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Community Care Live is back! Sign up now for free social work learning, wellbeing and networking

Community Care Live has opened for registration offering social care practitioners an unrivalled mix of learning wellbeing support networking and career development opportunities You can sign up now for the free seminars at this year's event while also...

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/16/community-care-live-is-back-sign-up-now-for-free-social-work-learning-wellbeing-and-networking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-care-live-is-back-sign-up-now-for-free-social-work-learning-wellbeing-and-networking

1 year ago

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Unaccompanied children in hotels are councils’ responsibility – judge

Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news events conversations tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week From a ruling over who's responsible for unaccompanied migrant children living in hotels to the exploitation...

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/16/unaccompanied-children-in-hotels-are-councils-responsibility-judge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unaccompanied-children-in-hotels-are-councils-responsibility-judge

1 year ago

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New restrictions applied for the prescription of puberty blockers

NHS England have announced new restrictions when prescribing puberty blockers to children who are wanting to change to the opposite sex Last week the publicly-funded health service NHS England stated they will no longer give the hormone-blocking medicines known as goserelin and leuprolide to trans youth attending gender clinics Commenting on the new restriction the...

https://socialcare.today/2023/06/15/new-restrictions-applied-for-the-prescription-of-puberty-blockers/

1 year ago

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“It’s so important that all local authorities and social workers practice inclusivity and celebrate diversity within any working environment”

We spoke with Charlie who is passionate about diversity and inclusion representation Charlie is a registered social worker but decided to move out of statutory social work to find new ways to ensure that young people within the LGBTQIA community receive the support they need from their social workers...

https://thefrontline.org.uk/its-so-important-that-all-local-authorities-and-social-workers-practice-inclusivity-and-celebrate-diversity-within-any-working-environment/

1 year ago

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Child maintenance complaints waiting more than a year for investigations to start

Parents are having to wait more than a year for complaints against the embattled Child Maintenance Service CMS to be allocated to an investigator the government has disclosed Responding to a written parliamentary question tabled by Labour MP Sir Stephen Timms Chair of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Junior Minister Mims Davies...

https://socialcare.today/2023/06/13/child-maintenance-complaints-waiting-more-than-a-year-for-investigations-to-start/

1 year ago

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Over 2,000 children per year could avoid care through family group conference rollout – research

Over children per year in England could avoid care through the rollout of family group conferences FGC research has found Providing all families with an FGC before they enter care proceedings could also save over m a year said...

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/13/over-2000-children-per-year-could-avoid-care-through-family-group-conference-rollout-research/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=over-2000-children-per-year-could-avoid-care-through-family-group-conference-rollout-research

1 year ago

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Legislate to limit social workers’ caseloads, Senedd members tell Welsh Government

Welsh councils must be legally required to set maximum manageable caseloads for their children's social workers and to take all reasonable steps to maintain them This should be backed by a comprehensive workforce sufficiency plan potentially including national pay and...

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/09/legislate-to-limit-social-workers-caseloads-senedd-members-tell-welsh-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legislate-to-limit-social-workers-caseloads-senedd-members-tell-welsh-government

1 year ago

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Politicians urge end to ‘horrendous’ handcuffing of children in care

Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news events conversations tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week From a campaign to ban the handcuffing of children in care to a new blueprint for...

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/09/ban-horrendous-handcuffing-children-in-care-campaign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ban-horrendous-handcuffing-children-in-care-campaign

1 year ago

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Families to face eviction if children fail to inform on knife crime

This week a labour party member announced they will threaten to evict families if their children do not alert the police on people who commit knife crime Darren Rodwell the leader of Barking and Dagenham Council made the threat as the East London authority urged parents to keep closer tabs on their children ahead of...

https://socialcare.today/2023/06/09/families-to-face-eviction-is-children-fail-to-inform-on-knife-crime/

1 year ago

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Schools out: children face ‘lost decade’ in education after the pandemic

Government ministers have warned today that if action is not taken soon some pupils will face a 'lost decade' of progress in schools in England The Public Accounts Committee have expressed serious concern that it could take years for the gap in attainment between disadvantaged pupils and others to return to pre-pandemic levels...

https://socialcare.today/2023/06/07/schools-out-children-face-lost-decade-in-education-after-the-pandemic/

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Community Care Live is back! Sign up now for free social work learning, wellbeing and networking

Unaccompanied children in hotels are councils’ responsibility – judge

New restrictions applied for the prescription of puberty blockers

“It’s so important that all local authorities and social workers practice inclusivity and celebrate diversity within any working environment”

Child maintenance complaints waiting more than a year for investigations to start

Over 2,000 children per year could avoid care through family group conference rollout – research

Legislate to limit social workers’ caseloads, Senedd members tell Welsh Government

Politicians urge end to ‘horrendous’ handcuffing of children in care

Families to face eviction if children fail to inform on knife crime

Schools out: children face ‘lost decade’ in education after the pandemic