A £1.1 million boost will fund new social workers and improve vital systems needed to protect the borough’s most vulnerable children. Wokingham Borough Council’s children’s services department is to receive a one-off £1.1 million investment.
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A local authority social work department which was heavily criticised in two government inspection reports has got rid of almost four out of 10 members of staff in the last two years.
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A SHEFFIELD social worker, who had helped a client through detox, offered to buy him a drink in a pub, a misconduct hearing was told today.
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The General Social Care Council’s (GSCC) handling of misconduct cases has been severely criticised in a damning Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) review.
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As the Baby P case showed, there is adesperate need to attract high-quality staff into social work. Steve McCormack reports on a new recruitment campaign
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A MINISHANT woman is off to London to collect a lifetime achievement award. Jane Sloan’s inspirational work with national charity Headway has bagged her the top gong.
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A RAPE crisis centre could be what North Ayrshire is missing – that was the finding of a special conference held in Irvine.
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A devastating new analysis of Scotland’s budget predicts that the country could see a spending shortfall of close on £3 billion within four years, placing some of devolution’s most cherished policies under threat.
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A councillor has been suspended following his opposition to the creation of a new management post in his council’s social work department.
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THE adopted teenage son of foster carers repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted a young girl they had fostered. The 19-year-old boy had abused the girl for four years – from when she was six years old – before her brother told one of his teachers.
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