New website aims to support growing demand for care workers in Wales
Wales will need thousands more people to work in caring roles with adults and children by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the growing demand for care services
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Tag: Childrens Services
New campaign urges councils to supply social workers with children’s play materials
A University of Sussex academic is calling on all local authorities across England to supply social workers with play materials to help build better relations with children. Professor Gillian Ruch,
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Statutory Guidance: Working together to safeguard children (HM Government)
Nothing is more important than children’s welfare. Children who need help and protection deserve high quality and effective support as soon as a need is identified. We want a system
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Children in custody at much higher risk of sexual abuse than previously thought
The number of children at risk of sexual abuse in young offender centres and other custodial institutions is much higher than previously thought, a report has found. There were 1,070
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New toolkit to help social workers tailor support for traumatised children in care
A new project aims to better assess traumatised children in care to help social workers tailor their support and ensure a stable home life. Shared Living Foster Care was established
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Bridgend social worker removed from Register for multiple serious failings
A social worker has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after Social Care Wales found her fitness to practise was impaired because of her serious misconduct. Lucy
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MPs committee calls for ‘early years revolution’ to give children ‘best possible start’
Families should be given more support during a child’s early years to ensure youngsters are getting the best possible start in life, a committee of MPs has warned. The first
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Woman who had children taken from her faces jail for sharing case details online
A 54-year-old woman who says her children were unfairly taken from her could be jailed after a judge concluded that she had wrongly posted information relating to family court litigation
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Strong support for Bill aimed at protecting children from physical punishment
Children’s charities have welcomed support from organisations across Scotland for a bill that would help to give greater protection to young people. The Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill
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Council spending on lone child asylum-seekers ‘doubles in four years’, LGA
Council spending on care for child asylum-seekers has almost doubled in four years, according to the Local Government Association. It said figures show councils in England spent £152.4 million in
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