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Boy who died after mother fractured his skull had recently returned from foster care

By Brian Farmer, Reporter1st November 2019News England

A toddler who died after his mother fractured his skull had left council foster care and returned home a few months earlier, a family court judge has said. Judge Edward

Anorexic teenager who wants to go home must stay in specialist unit – judge

By Brian Farmer, Reporter25th October 2019News England

An anorexic teenager who wants to go home must stay in specialist accommodation, a Court of Protection judge has decided. The 17-year-old girl, who at one stage weighed 4st 6lb

Call for participants for project to evaluate multi-agency working in children’s social care

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter23rd October 2019News England

What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) is seeking participants for the extension of its Practice In Need of Evidence programme, examining multi-agency partnerships working to improve outcomes in children’s

Toddler at significant risk in dirty and overcrowded home to go into council care

By Brian Farmer, Reporter22nd October 2019News England

A toddler who was sharing an overcrowded home with two dogs must go into council care, a family court judge has decided. The house where the little boy, who is

Judge decides vulnerable woman should be fitted with contraceptive device

By Brian Farmer, Reporter9th October 2019News England

A woman with learning disabilities, who was at the centre of an abortion battle, should be fitted with a contraceptive device, a judge in a specialist court has decided. The

Finalists announced for England’s Social Worker of the Year Awards 2019

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter9th October 2019News England

The nominees for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards have been announced. 94 practitioners, social work teams and organisations from across England have been shortlisted this year in

Welsh council criticised after couples became embroiled in ‘nightmare’ adoption case

By Brian Farmer, Reporter8th October 2019News Wales

Social services bosses at a Welsh council have come under fire from a High Court judge after two couples became embroiled in “nightmare” litigation when a woman changed her mind

Engage: Social workers using own money to make sure families have enough to eat

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter8th October 2019Engage

Food bank referrals have become an every-day part of social work practice across Scotland – with social workers even using their own money to make sure families have enough to

Social work academic secures grant to study intergenerational violence in South Africa

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter7th October 2019Education & Training

Franziska Meinck from the SPS Social Work team at The University of Edinburgh has received a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant for a study on the transmission of violence

Government urged to introduce tougher sentences for grooming gang offenders

Seven child abuse ring members jailed and warned they may never be released

Family hail justice for little ones as mother jailed over four boys’ fire deaths