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Engage: How to create the working environment care professionals desire

By Lee Biggins11th September 2017Engage

The healthcare industry is continuously under fire in the news recently, with extreme staff shortages and poor working conditions hitting the headlines. This is becoming a large problem, especially bearing

Study suggests half of UK’s social workers and teachers are planning to quit

By John von Radowitz8th September 2017News England

Half of Britain’s teachers and social workers are looking to leave their jobs in the next 18 months because of poor working conditions and stress, a study suggests. Spending cuts

Children’s ‘cultural heritage’ must be considered in care placement – judge

By Brian Farmer6th September 2017News England

Council social workers may not be able to find carers who are an “ethnic match” for five children taken from home in the wake of concern about their parents’ drug

No charges against Rotherham social workers despite widespread systemic failures

By Dave Higgens6th September 2017News England

A new series of reports into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal have been branded a “completely wasted opportunity” by the town’s MP Sarah Champion after they concluded individual senior

Government takes control of Croydon’s children’s services after damning report

By Tess de la Mare5th September 2017News England

The Government has taken control of Croydon’s children’s services after a damning Ofsted report revealed “widespread and serious” failures were leaving youngsters at risk. It blamed weak management at all

Judge approves plan which sees six children taken into care after ‘hopelessly unstable family life’

By Brian Farmer5th September 2017News England

Six children have been taken from the care of a couple whose “fundamental” disagreements over parenting led to “turbulence and worse” in their home. A family court judge said the

Care professionals let needs of killer mother ‘overshadow’ needs of daughter – report

By Matthew Cooper5th September 2017News England

A toddler was stamped to death by her mother after care professionals allowed concern for the killer to “overshadow” the child’s needs, a serious case review has found. The report

Report: Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board – Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith – Serious Case Review

By Iain MacDonald5th September 2017Reports & Resources

This overview report summarises the findings of an independently led Serious Case Review (SCR) commissioned by the Chair of Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB). It concerns Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith, described by

New Standards launched for social work and social care employers in Northern Ireland

By Iain MacDonald5th September 2017News Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) and the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) have jointly launched the new Standards for Employers of Social Workers and Social Care Workers.

Placement of Christian girl with Muslim foster parents ‘not random exercise’

By David Hughes2nd September 2017News England

The mayor of Tower Hamlets Council has insisted the authority looked “very carefully at the appropriate matching” following a case where a five-year-old girl from an English-speaking Christian family was

Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says

Nazi-obsessed terror attacker jailed for life for asylum seeker attempted murder

Cooper announces local reviews into grooming gangs following legal action threat