Children’s social care reforms must be fully implemented by March 2027, says DfE Department sets deadline for councils and fellow safeguarding partners to fully roll out family help services, multi-agency child protect...
LADO guidance first promised in November 2022 remains work in progress Handbook on local authority designated officer role was pledged by last Conservative government in light of highly critical report into s...
‘Making a success of the lead child protection practitioner role’ Enabling social workers to think clearly under pressure, particularly when they are responsible for child protection investigations and c...
Lead child protection practitioner role may be made protected title Child protection social work role may become regulated with postholders required to uphold statutory standards, says Department for Educa...
Working together to safeguard children 2026: summary of changes CASPAR briefing Publication date March 2026 The Department for Education (DfE) published a new edition of its statutory guidance Working ...
Social work workloads should be ‘reasonable’, government tells children’s services leaders Department for Education toughens up expectations of councils in relation to managing children’s practitioner workloads and increas...
