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Why are independent social workers used as experts in court being paid less...
By independent social work agency director Phil KingExactly what does it say about the current value placed on social work when a process server is paid more per hour for their time in court than an...
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Do you need to re-send your response to the Public Bodies Bill?
The deadline for responses to the consultation on the Public Bodies Bill - which proposes the abolition of a large number of quangos, including (controversially) the Youth Justice Board – is fast...
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Essex children’s services no longer failing; Mothers of disabled children...
Morning all. Here’s another quick round-up of today’s news, views and interesting things, starting with good news for Essex council’s children’s services department which has been released from two...
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BBC Protecting Our Children director: How the programme was made
Sacha Mirzoeff, series director of the BBC documentary series Protecting Our Children, reveals what it took to put social work on screen Find out all you need to know about Protecting Our Children and...
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Government responds to Family Justice Review
The government has finally published its formal response to David Norgrove’s family justice review – and it’s not without controversy. Although it accepts almost all the review’s recommendations,...
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Junior lawyers forced to handle ‘life and death’ care cases
Junior family lawyers are being forced to handle ‘life and death’ child care cases because of the rise in care applications, jeopardising children’s access to justice, according to this interesting...
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Not all looked-after children need local placements
Two Kent MPs are reportedly soworried about the number of children being placed in the countyby London councils that they are calling for a law to prevent councils placing children more than 20 miles...
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Social work ‘hate’ sites don’t address family advocacy need
No child protection social worker forgets the huge emotional impact a court decision to have a child taken into care has on children and parents. It is an awful situation for all parties and the...
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Social workers, don’t forget the children of prisoners
The children of prisoners are some of the most marginalised and excluded children in society, yet often invisible in policy debates around children and childhood, writes Helen Codd*. Over the last 20...
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