Social Work – Care Appointments

‘Hesitancy to speak about racism when it comes to safeguarding children’

By Aine Fox, Reporter11th March 2025News England

There is a “deeply concerning” silence around race and racism when it comes to safeguarding children, the author of a report into the issue has warned. Children’s minister Janet Daby

Number of children on formal protection plans due to sexual abuse at 30-year record low

By Aine Fox, Reporter7th March 2025News England

The number of children on formal protection plans in England because of sexual abuse has fallen to its lowest level on record, according to analysis which has prompted a charity

Mental health patients not reporting abuse as they fear revenge, experts suggest

By Storm Newton, Reporter6th March 2025News England

Patients who are subjected to abuse on mental health wards do not formally complain as they “do not want to expose themselves to any risk of revenge” from staff, academics

Court hears background to removal of children which sparked rioting

By Dave Higgens, Reporter11th February 2025News England

Concerns were raised about a family three months before police and social workers removed a number of children from a house, sparking rioting in the Harehills area of Leeds, a

Former Manchester social worker arrested in grooming gang probe

By Pat Hurst, Reporter7th February 2025News England

A former Manchester social worker has been arrested by police investigating grooming gangs in the city. The 77-year-old man was held on suspicion of indecent assault after a dawn raid

Scotland behind schedule on promise to looked after children but target still achievable

By Iain MacDonald6th February 2025News Scotland

A new report has found that unexpected events and systematic barriers have delayed progress on a national promise made to care experienced children, young people and adults. This year marks

Woman who assaulted child in drugs den spared further punishment

By Sarah Ward, Reporter6th January 2025News Scotland

A woman who was found guilty of assaulting a child in a Glasgow drugs den where seven other people carried out “harrowing” abuse was spared further punishment although a judge

Social services had concerns about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth

By Callum Parke, Reporter12th December 2024News England

Concerns were raised about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth in 2013, with her parents known to social services as early as 2010, it can now be

Asylum seeker died in M1 crash after social worker did not believe his age

By Sophie Robinson, Reporter12th November 2024News England

An asylum seeker who died after being run over on a motorway slip road was “upset” that a social worker did not believe he was a child, an inquest has

New record high number of children in poverty branded ‘source of national shame’

Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Peers demand tax hike safeguards as Government accused of ‘absence of humanity’

Councils being pushed to ‘financial brink’ amid £8bn funding gap, report warns