Action For Children report surge in public concern over child neglect
More than a third of UK adults are very or quite worried about the welfare or safety of a child in their neighbourhood, according to a survey published by Action
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Tag: Childrens Services
Social workers accused of ‘disproportionate and arbitrary’ actions
North East Lincolnshire Council has been heavily criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) after social workers arbitrarily removed a young baby from her mother’s care and handed the child
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PM announces new taskforce to ‘drive fundamental reforms’ in child protection
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a new Child Protection Taskforce to ‘drive forward fundamental reforms to protect the most vulnerable children in our society and give them the opportunity
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Derby’s Social Pedagogy course has contract extended after successful pilot
A pilot University of Derby course, which was introduced to help social care teams interact more effectively with children, young people and families, has had its contract extended for a
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Survey seeks views on children’s services in Northern Ireland
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is leading a review on support for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and is asking for views on the services they
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Ofsted confirms new model for inspecting services
The biggest changes to education inspection since the introduction of Ofsted have now been confirmed. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, set out details for new shorter inspections, which
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Survey: NSPCC to form expert child protection panel
The NSPCC wants to better understand the issues and the pressures facing people who work in the children’s sector and is setting up a UK-wide panel made up of social
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Social Services handling of baby case ‘fundamentally flawed’
Local authority social services bosses have come under fire from a family court judge over the way they dealt with the parents of a 10-month-old boy. Judge Mary Lazarus has
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Info events on Standard for Residential Child Care in Scotland
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), in partnership with the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS), are inviting child care professionals along to a series of
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Study paints stark picture of adoption disruption in Wales
A new report from the University of Bristol into adoption disruption in Wales reveals adoptive parents were unable to access support for their children, spoke of their isolation and gave
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