Social Work – Page 38 – Care Appointments

Social workers gather at event to discuss children facing death or bereavement

By Iain MacDonald23rd November 2017Education & Training

The challenges faced by children dealing with death or a bereavement in their family were discussed at a national conference hosted at the University of Chichester. Nearly 100 practitioners working

Report: What the public think about Scottish social services and why

By Iain MacDonald21st November 2017Reports & Resources

Research commissioned by the Social Work Services Strategic Forum on ‘What the public think about Scottish social services and why’, has been published. The research was authored by Dr Trish McCulloch (University of

BASW condemns online abuse and recent ‘naming & shaming’ of social workers

By Iain MacDonald17th November 2017News England

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has raised said it is extremely concerned about recent media articles that name social workers in their reporting of high-profile cases, which include

Engage: A partnership approach to supporting social workers to access research

By Sue Downie, Julie Wands & Anne Noble14th November 2017Engage

The development of this initiative began with an email received by the Learning and Development team within North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP): Dear L&D team, please could

Woman criticises social work assessment as Judge names council in care case

By Brian Farmer8th November 2017News England

A woman unhappy about the way she has been treated by social services bosses with welfare responsibilities for her baby granddaughter has persuaded a family court judge to reveal the

Middlesex initiative aims to improve standards in social care and training of social workers

By Iain MacDonald2nd November 2017Education & Training

Middlesex University has this week launched the North London Social Work Teaching Partnership, a national project funded by the Department for Education in order to build excellence in social work

Vale of Glamorgan social worker suspended for one year for placing children at risk

By Iain MacDonald1st November 2017News Wales

A social worker has been suspended for one year after a fitness to practise hearing found his fitness to practise was impaired because of his repeated failings. The hearing heard

Christian thrown off social work course over ‘anti-gay comments’ loses High Court case

By Brian Farmer27th October 2017News England

A devout Christian was lawfully thrown off a Sheffield University social work course after being accused of posting derogatory comments about homosexuals and bisexuals on a Facebook page, a judge

Webwatch: Evidence Search and Summary Service from Iriss

By Iriss26th October 2017Webwatch

Finding and using evidence in practice can take time, and yet, is so important to continuous learning and improvement of practice and services. The Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS)

Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death

Thirty councils in severe financial distress granted support to protect services

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool