The Compass Jobs Fair in London brought together social work professionals, local authorities, and various other stakeholder organisations for an enriching event that delivered valuable insights, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Regulator calls for improvements in Sussex NHS trust’s children’s mental health services
The Care Quality Commission CQC has lowered the rating for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's child and adolescent mental health CAMHS ward at Chalkhill following an inspection that found improvements were needed Chalkhill a -bedded mixed gender inpatient unit is a mental health facility in the grounds of a general acute hospital where young people...
New online tool points parents towards personalised childcare support options
Parents can now visit an updated online eligibility checker to quicker discover what additional childcare support might be available to them The website www childcarechoices gov uk is intended to help parents and carers through the changes to childcare legislation that will come into force over the next year From April eligible working parents of two-year-olds will...
Biggest independent children’s care providers make £300m profit – report
The biggest independent providers of children's social care brought in profits of more than m last year according to a report commissioned by the Local Government Association LGA It comes as councils face significant financial pressures in children's services as a result of rising numbers of children needing increasingly expensive care The report by Revolution...
Stunting in infancy linked to differences in cognitive and brain function – study
Children who are too short for their age can suffer reduced cognitive ability arising from differences in brain function as early as six months of age according to new research from the University of East Anglia UEA Researchers compared the 'visual working memory' -- the memory capacity that holds visual cues for processing -- in...