The risk of over-empathising with a parent as a social worker A social worker with over 20 years’ experience reflects on a case where her empathy for a struggling parent got in the way of her f...
Children’s home review risks being skewed by DfE’s aim to shrink sector, providers warn Children’s Homes Association launches sector-led process to define purpose of residential care in response to DfE-commissioned revi...
Terms of reference for the review of professional development for the children’s homes workforce Introduction The quality and number of loving, stable relationships a child has – while in care and into adulthood – should be the cleare...
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 ...
