The latest updates on children's social work in London and the UK
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Investigation reveals 170 delayed children’s services complaints in Kent
A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman LGSCO investigation has uncovered a backlog of unanswered children's services and education complaints in Kent The Ombudsman was asked to investigate after Kent County Council failed to respond to a mother's complaint that her son had not been provided with speech and language therapy as set out...
Government slammed for rejecting Child Maintenance Service reform advice
A committee of MPs has criticised the government for rejecting most of its recommendations for reform of the embattled Child Maintenance Service CMS The CMS was launched in to help secure payments from absent parents -- mostly fathers -- towards raising their children but has faced criticism both for placing too many financial demands...
Child victims of exploitation left ‘invisible’ during school holidays
Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news events conversations tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week From a report warning of inadequate risk assessments increasing the vulnerability to domestic abuse by people...
NHS to offer lifechanging drug to premature babies
For the first time babies that are born too early in England can be offered a revolutionary drug that helps prevent them from going blind This week the NHS announced that injections of a drug called ranibizumab can help to stop premature babies from losing their sight The disease known as retinopathy of prematurity ROP...
Sindi Mvubu was part of the Frontline programme in and currently works in a court team specialising in court proceedings Sindi embarked on the Frontline programme as a mother and career changer She is a proactive and pragmatic leader evident through her ability to apply skills from her counselling background within her social work practice...
The Black Care Experience Conference Report 2023 report presents the key findings from the conference's small group sessions, where delegates delved into crucial questions regarding cultural competency in Children's Social Care.
Sharon Shoesmith: how social workers can get their professional pride back
Community Care's Choose Social Work campaign aims to counteract the negative media coverage of the profession and show the brilliant work social workers do every day Read about why we're launching this campaign and the five steps you can take...
‘Substituted parenting’ risk used to justify removing children without evidence base, finds study
By Mithran Samuel and Clare Jerrom Councils are justifying removing children from parents with learning disabilities using a concept that lacks evidence risking discrimination research has found The term 'substituted parenting' has become a negative shorthand based on unevidenced theoretical...