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Government drops pledge to invest in new social work training routes

Community Care

The government has dropped a pledge to invest in new social work training routes as part of a halving of committed spending on developing the adult social care workforce. However, in November last year, the government announced a two-year delay to the reforms, recycling £3.2bn to help councils meet current pressures.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 14, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The federal government released its annual Child Maltreatment report. It turns out that Because of #COVID19: -- The family police stepped back – investigating fewer cases and taking fewer children. -- Community-based mutual aid stepped up. -- The federal government stepped in with no-strings-attached cash for poor families.

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DfE proposes law change to improve adults’ access to adoption therapy

Community Care

The government has proposed changing the law to make it easier for adults to access adoption-related counselling. This requirement applies even in cases where an adoption-related issue emerges during counselling sessions unless it is not the primary focus of the therapy. This would still require registration.

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Use of unregulated experts in family courts to be curbed following ‘parental alienation’ concerns

Community Care

The PSA accredits a number of non-statutory registers, based on them having met a set of quality standards, with several of these covering counselling, therapy or psychology.

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When injustice hides in plain sight

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

From its failure to follow governing laws and ensure due process, to its prioritization of expediency over fairness, humanity, and just outcomes, the family court functions as an arm of state power, rather than a neutral arbiter of fairness and justice. …

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A New York State “child welfare” agency can curb one family policing horror with the stroke of a pen. Do they have the guts?

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for the plaintiffs.) In New York, county governments (and New York City) run family policing. One battered mother in Los Angeles whose children were taken summed it up simply : “I called the police for help, but I should have just let my ex-husband beat my ass.”

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The good news: A public radio station in Kansas City talked to the right people for a "child welfare" story. The bad news: They still missed the point

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Even with the federal government picking up a large share of the tab for foster care, Missouri still will pay more for foster care than it would cost to help Ms. The story suggests counseling and pay raises for the workers. It’s not like the state can’t afford to step in and provide this money. Curts get an apartment.