Social Work Blog

APRIL 17, 2025

By Sue Coyle At 13, eighth-grader Melissa* is no stranger to lockdown drillsdrills where students and staff practice what they would do if an active shooter was on campus. She says the drills occur monthly, more frequently at the beginning of the school year, and are fortified by an assembly in the fall about active shooters. The assembly is led by the school resource officer and follows the ALICE Training curriculum.

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Community Care

APRIL 17, 2025

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils have been handed government-commissioned guidance on the evidence base for mentoring and befriending schemes for care-experienced children and those at risk of entering the care system. The practice guide , covering programmes that help children and young people build trusting relationships with adults, to improve their wellbeing and other outcomes, highlighted “strong eviden

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The Guardian

APRIL 17, 2025

Lib Dems say not a single all-party meeting on issue has taken place since plan for national care service was unveiled The government has been accused of delay and drift after it emerged crucial cross-party talks aimed at building political consensus for large-scale changes to adult social care have failed to get off the ground. The Liberal Democrats said not a single all-party meeting on the issue had taken place in the four months since the government announced ambitious plans to build a natio

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