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Poor mental health and sexual/criminal exploitation increasing factors in child assessments Study of 3.6 million social work reports gives important insights News 29 Jan 2024
Social workers to face greater press and public scrutiny as more family courts open up Pilots allowing journalists and bloggers to report on proceedings expanded across England and Wales News 29 Jan 2024
What does it mean to be a social worker? Practitioner Jaison Musindo says it in verse News 29 Jan 2024
Seven ways in which climate change is a child protection issue Campaigners say professionals should add it to safeguarding referrals News 23 Jan 2024
Listen to social workers if you want to tackle poverty, says BASW chief Dr Ruth Allen’s message to politicians in wake of disturbing new report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation News 23 Jan 2024
Bronson Battersby tragedy underlines need to invest in family support, not scapegoat social workers Former children's commissioner Anne Longfield demands an end to "damaging cycle" of crisis intervention while the Social Workers Union and BASW England's children and families group call out misplaced criticism of social services News 18 Jan 2024
More support needed for adoptees who become parents UK’s first study to investigate lived experience of adoptees as parents has important message for social services News 16 Jan 2024
Gender critical social worker wins tribunal over Facebook posts Judge rules sanctions by employer and regulator against Rachel Meade breached her human rights to freedom of thought and expression News 16 Jan 2024
Red tape and blame culture discouraged in new statutory guidance Children’s Social Care National Framework aims for consistency of services across England News 16 Jan 2024