Webwatch: What is the value of a social services podcast?
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Tag: Social Work
Social worker who sold child’s address for holiday avoids custodial sentence
A social worker who sold the address of an adopted child to her birth mother to pay for a holiday to the Dominican Republic has walked free from court. Androulla
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Western Trust celebrate outstanding contribution of Social Workers
The Western Trust has celebrated the outstanding contributions made by Social Work staff at an awards ceremony held in the Guildhall Derry/Londonderry earlier this month. The awards ceremony celebrated the innovation
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‘Bullying & bombastic’ mother made teen think he was dying, welfare case hears
A sick 15-year-old boy has been robbed of much of his childhood as a result of his parents exaggerating his symptoms, a High Court judge has said. The teenager’s mother
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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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Social workers to Skype young brothers in family dispute who were taken to Iraq
Social workers are set to Skype two brothers at the centre of family court litigation after being taken to Iraq. A judge says he wants to hear what the boys,
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High Court ban on journalists naming woman in child protection case criticised
A former Liberal Democrat MP has raised concern after a High Court judge barred journalists from identifying a woman who has been remanded in custody as a result of social
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Author of major social care review ‘very disappointed’ by Tory reform plans
The author of a major review of social care has accused the Conservatives of failing to tackle the central problem in the sector with their landmark plans for reform. Sir
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Evans confirms £20 million extra every year for social services in Wales
An extra £20 million will be invested in social services in Wales every year in recognition of the sector’s national strategic importance, Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca
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University ‘going global’ with appointment on new Founding Professor for Social Work
Social work at the University of Essex is going global, following the appointment of Founding Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Social Work, Vasilios Ioakimidis, who
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