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Qualifications and Training Guide: Social work

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

A key development for social workers is the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) brought in by the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

Children and Social Work Act 2017: Care and adoption

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Children and Social Work Act 2017: Social work profession

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Children's Social Work Matters

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

A region-wide approach uniting 15 local authority children's services that encourages staff to share best practice.

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Social services are highly susceptible to public scrutiny, and public perception of the profession has implications for staff recruitment, acceptance of social work practice, and the vitality and effectiveness of the profession.

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Ferguson looks at social work practice with families subject to child protection processes to increase understanding of what goes on during home visits.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Employing skilled administrators has freed up social workers to do more face-to-face work.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families - Policy context

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

The 2014 book, Baby P: The Untold Story, by Ray Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University and St George's University of London, explains the impact of the death of Peter Connelly in August 2007 on the social work profession.

Special Report: Technology in Social Work

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Social work leaders, practitioners and teams are increasingly using technology to improve how they engage with children, young people and families, and share vital safeguarding information with partner agencies.

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Richard Watts, chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, says councils must be given freedoms to overcome a crisis in funding, recruitment and excessive demand across children's social care.

Technology in Social Work: Practice example - Child Protection Information Sharing project (CP-IS)

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

National 'care bank', not market solutions, can avert cash crisis

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Many sector voices have been speaking overtly about a serious crisis in council children's services.

Technology in Social Work: Practice example - Social work apps

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Social work professionals and the children, young people and families they work with are increasingly using apps on smart phones and tablets to communicate, access support and share information. Here are four examples

Technology in Social Work: Practice example - New Generations

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Boarding boost for children in care

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Partnership aims to convince councils of the merits of placing looked-after children in boarding school.

Special Report: Technology in Social Work - Policy context

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Special Report: Technology in Social Work - Research evidence

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

The research section for this special report is based on a selection of academic studies which have been explored and summarised by Research in Practice (www.rip.org.uk), part of the Dartington Hall Trust.

Children in care supplement: Policy and practice

Other

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Supplement on supporting looked-after children and young people to fulfil their potential amid increasing pressure and policy reform.

Support fund cap raises concerns over breakdown of adoptions

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

A huge rise in demand has forced the government to limit money available through the Adoption Support Fund, prompting calls from experts for a long-term solution to be found that ensures families can receive the help they need.

Troubled Families delivers gains despite damning study findings

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

In-depth research has found no link between the Troubled Families programme and improved outcomes for participants, but children's services leaders claim the government's flagship initiative still has merits.

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Qualifications and Training Guide: Social work

Children and Social Work Act 2017: Care and adoption

Children and Social Work Act 2017: Social work profession

Children's Social Work Matters

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families - Policy context

Special Report: Technology in Social Work

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

Technology in Social Work: Practice example - Child Protection Information Sharing project (CP-IS)

National 'care bank', not market solutions, can avert cash crisis

Technology in Social Work: Practice example - Social work apps

Technology in Social Work: Practice example - New Generations

Boarding boost for children in care

Special Report: Technology in Social Work - Policy context

Special Report: Technology in Social Work - Research evidence

Children in care supplement: Policy and practice

Support fund cap raises concerns over breakdown of adoptions

Troubled Families delivers gains despite damning study findings

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