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

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

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

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

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

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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)

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Boarding boost for children in care

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

Special Report: Technology in Social Work - Research evidence

Other

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

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

| CYP Now

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

Troubled Families delivers gains despite damning study findings

Other

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

Support fund cap raises concerns over breakdown of adoptions

Other

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

Legal Update: Child abuse inquiry - what now?

Other

Monday, October 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the impact that recent resignations will have on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social work

Other

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Other

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| CYP Now

As major political and policy changes continue to impact on the children and young people's workforce, Charlotte Goddard takes a comprehensive look at the qualification requirements and training available.

The role of information sharing in improving child protection

Other

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Audit of cases where children have been harmed highlights problems with sharing of information between safeguarding agencies and professionals, and examples of some areas that are overcoming these.

Leadership: Children in care councils

Other

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Looked-after children are experts when it comes to the care system, so it makes sense for corporate parents to better understand their needs by consulting with them through children in care councils.

Research Report: Decision making in Children's Social Care - Quantitative Data Analysis

Other

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| CYP Now

The Behavioural Insights Team was commissioned by the Department for Education to identify factors that might affect social workers' ability to make decisions.

Special Report: Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Other

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

With child sexual abuse and exploitation constantly in the headlines, CYP Now's 12-page special report outlines latest developments in policy, practice and evidence in tackling CSA and CSE.

Recruiting lapsed social workers

Other

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

A scheme to entice former children's social workers back to the job aims to help solve a rise in vacancies.

Protective carers training

Other

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Training to help professionals provide support to parents and foster carers whose children have been victims of sexual abuse and exploitation.

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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

Troubled Families delivers gains despite damning study findings

Support fund cap raises concerns over breakdown of adoptions

Legal Update: Child abuse inquiry - what now?

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social work

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

The role of information sharing in improving child protection

Leadership: Children in care councils

Research Report: Decision making in Children's Social Care - Quantitative Data Analysis

Special Report: Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Recruiting lapsed social workers

Protective carers training

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