Smacking children – supplementary note
The Library Standard Note on “The Smacking Issue” provided background to the debate about whether parents should be allowed to smack their children, when reform of the law was under
Read MoreThe Library Standard Note on “The Smacking Issue” provided background to the debate about whether parents should be allowed to smack their children, when reform of the law was under
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Read MoreThe Bill follows proposals announced earlier in the year in the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper to create a new National Care Service for social care. It
Read MoreThis research aimed to gather robust evidence of providers’ views and experiences of being commissioned by local authorities and their children’s trust partners in order to inform DCSF development of
Read MoreDevolution has given the constituent nations of the UK greater freedom to pursue different long-term care strategies. After ten years of devolution, this report looks at why, and how, long-term
Read MoreThis At a glance summary looks at the support required to effectively involve users and carers in social work education. It is aimed at both social work educators and service
Read MoreThis report uses UK-wide data to provide a ‘fact pack’ about the impact or otherwise of devolution on the scale of poverty and social exclusion. It shows how a variety
Read MoreSupporting children and young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health is a critical issue for public health. Effective services in this area will not only make children’s lives better, but
Read MoreOver the last 60 years English drinking habits have been transformed. In 1947 the nation consumed approximately three and a half litres of pure alcohol per head; the current figure
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