How to ensure your case recording is child-focused As her husband contemplates accessing his care records, social work trainer and consultant Sophie Baker discusses how practitioners can e...
Number of children in secure home welfare beds hits 15-year low Fall in use of secure children’s homes comes amid ongoing rise in the number of applications by councils for High Court orders to d...
Councils risk losing social care reform funding if they divert it to cover spending pressures, MacAlister warns Minister says Families First Partnership programme funding must be used to shift services towards earlier intervention and improve child ...
Attachment and caregiving by parents with learning disabilities: lessons from research Trauma, systemic disadvantage and experiences of professional scrutiny often shape caregiving by parents with learning disabilities, high...
High thresholds for neglect delaying interventions to protect children, find safeguarding heads Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel issues plan to enhance response to neglect, including by reviewing definition, examining evidenc...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill becomes law Legislation to reform children’s social care requires creation of multi-agency child protection teams, puts agency social work rule...
