Community Care

JULY 11, 2023

The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England. By contrast, the proposed update to the guidance mentions ‘social worker’ just 23 times.

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Community Care

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Department for Education’s (DfE) revised version of Working Together to Safeguard Children has removed the previous requirement for child in need assessments and casework to be reserved for qualified social workers. Child protection enquiries and casework will remain ring-fenced for social workers.

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Community Care

JANUARY 28, 2022

The report highlighted the value of looked-after children having at least one trusting relationship, but said this was undermined by high turnover of social workers. Better relationships with children’s social workers ‘key to tackling foster carer crisis’. Why social workers need to show children they care’.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Speak to youth workers in our towns, and cities and they will tell you their own horror stories,” she said. “Of This should include action to recruit more black, Asian and ethnic minority social workers, foster carers, youth workers and teachers. Horror stories’.

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

family history information, sources of stress or trauma) Testing of cognitive and behavioral process, intelligence, and personality Gathering input from individuals who have seen how the juveniles behave, such as youth workers and other staff as well as family members, guardians, teachers, social workers, etc.

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The Frontline

MARCH 7, 2022

The children and families that social workers support are often being supported by multiple different people across different settings. Ian McGeoghegan – Mental health practitioner and Frontline fellow. Nelly Ali – Police Now alumni.

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