Engage: Foster Care – The heart of our care system
There’s a common myth that does the rounds in the run-up to all elections. We’ve all heard it: the belief that the work of local authorities grinds to a halt
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Engage: British Association of Social Workers – Manifesto for Social Work
The British Association of Social Workers have produced a Manifesto for Social Work that they hope the next government will fulfill following the general election. Here BASW Chair Guy Shennan
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Engage: Could you make the difference in the life of vulnerable children
Thousands of foster carers need to be recruited each year. Foster Care Fortnight (8-21 May), run by the UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, not only calls for more
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Engage: News media still protect powerful men accused of sexual misconduct
When Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was finally fired after years of sexual harassment claims, it seemed like a welcome break from the norm: an exceptionally powerful man accused of
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Engage: How should social workers challenge poverty?
Austerity campaigner Charlotte Hughes considers what social workers and other professionals should be be doing to challenge poverty, austerity and stigma… More than a million people in the UK are
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Engage: The UK’s hidden homeless – lone women parents most likely to suffer
Growing numbers of women in England are experiencing ‘hidden homelessness’ – living in precarious arrangements without privacy or their own legal living space – according to new research. Women’s homelessness
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Engage: Where Has the Time Gone? Alan Baird reflects on his time in office
I find it hard to believe my four years in Scottish Government is almost at an end. But if I had been able to select a period to be Chief
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Engage: Why gender can’t be ignored when dealing with domestic violence
Domestic violence is a violation of human rights with damaging social, economic and health consequences. It is any incident of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse. That abuse can
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Engage: Bright future for social services apprenticeships
As Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Chief Executive Anna Fowlie speaks at the Future of Apprenticeships in Scotland conference in Edinburgh today, here she tells us why the Scottish Government’s
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Engage: LGA right to call for new money for social care, says BASW
As the Local Government Association (LGA) today warns Council Tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent further extensive cuts to local services next year, the British
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