Community Care

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“Excellent” and “culturally sensitive” direct work by social workers has helped their council improve to ‘good’ in its latest Ofsted inspection. Inspectors praised the quality of direct work with both children in need of help and protection and those in care. High number of less-experienced social workers.

Social Worker 56

Social Worker Foster Care Diversity Disability 56

Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

A third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties, research has found. However, in most cases, parents’ conditions were only identified at the court stage, in part because social workers lacked the time and training to do so. “It was not prioritised.”

Disability 55

Disability Interviewing Social Worker Communication 55

Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Children’s dissatisfaction with current arrangements There is also a lack of existing services offering support or facilitation for sibling relationships, while research indicates that young people may be dissatisfied with the provision that does exist in terms of quality, frequency and degree of supervision by social workers.

Adoption 50

Adoption Foster Care Interviewing Social Worker 50

Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The sub-group also found that, in many cases, the courts, social workers and guardians used supervision orders as a formal way of securing resources for the child or family, risking “unwarranted state intervention” in family life. Social workers back standalone supervision orders, despite questioning their effectiveness.

Government 50

Government Social Worker Consultation Adoption 50