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News - Experts in the UK are launching a study to examine the experiences of those who have suffered damage as witnesses by health or social workers, which ultimately brings stress related to testimony and the presentation of evidence.
This study, believed to be the first to be…
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News - The cornerstone of the new Blackpool Early Care Strategy aims to provide support to families at the right time so that social workers can focus on children and families who require their skills.
Suzy Robertson, head of the Early Care and Support Service, told the Blackpool…
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News - New hub, that is strongly linked to and highly cooperational with local authorities and organisations is launched in the city of Bradford.
As Bradford is a relatively young city with a quarter of its population under the age of 25, and is also a sanctuary for many…
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News - Key findings from a June 2021 report published by the UK Department for Education raise concerns about challenges in identifying and addressing radicalization due to practitioners’ lack of experience and confidence. Calls have been made for more training, guidance and multi-…
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News - Panel reiterates concerns over quality of child protection decision making in annual review of serious cases that will shape children's social care review.
Councils and other safeguarding agencies should prioritise tackling “weak” risk assessment and decision making in…
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News - A care experienced former social worker describes a 'Sliding Doors' effect that separates children in care from their peers and leaves them unsupported in adulthood.
Sacha Samms is a social worker for over 10 years working in a variety of settings, where at times I felt…
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Multimedia - Characteristics of family and gender-based violence coerced and controlled behavior are only some issues in the work of social workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a consequence of the measures caused by the pandemic, remaining indoors, unemployment, lack of…
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Multimedia - For social workers and practitioners, the previous year was full of challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although they had limited opportunities and resources for work, as well as protection materials, they managed to support their clients through personal…
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News - The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic poses many challenges to the well-being of social workers and the children and adults they work with. In light of this, Community Care Inform has made their guide, ‘How to Manage Fear in Social Work’, open and free to download for all…
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News - Community Care reported that child abuse is very closely related to the child’s exposure to 3 main factors:
domestic violence
parental mental health issues and/or learning disability
parental alcohol and/or drug misuse.
The concept of this "toxic trio" emerged from…
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News - "Blackpool Council outlines their therapeutic focus on preparing young people with the skills to be able to commit to life within a family unit."
Jack will be spending his next few weeks at a newly launched therapeutic care centre to overcome his…
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News - Due to the pandemic, social workers have been forced to carry out their regular duties without meeting their wards in person. This has effectively eliminated the social aspect of their work. Furthermore, it is difficult to assess…
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News - Thuy Ly-Chambers is a care-leaver, a person who lived with a foster family for most of her childhood. She acknowledges the support and help from the part of her foster family and the government, which encouraged her to be successful in life. Her foster family was Jamaican…
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News - The Court of Appeal finds the Department for Education’s (DfE) actions against the coronavirus pandemic unlawful for not consulting the children’s rights organizations. The safeguard changes were enacted in late April followed by an informal conference with local authorities…
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News - Community Care reported that in Kent, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are being held at short-term centres for 17 hours on average and often overnight with no sleeping facilities, without talking to any social workers. As Kent council cannot accept any more…
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News - Community Care reported that a recent project has examined the discrimination and disadvantages of Roma and Gypsy families, and developed resources to change the situation.
According to the article, people are generally not aware of structural racism and…
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News - Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said that councils should enable people from a wider range of backgrounds to adopt; there are too many barriers for non-middle-class people, when the only qualification they should need is whether they can love…
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News - Luton has announced the official launch of their social work academy for children’s services. They understand the importance and the need for newly qualified social workers and to provide them a mentored learning environment, where they can develop.
The aims of the academy…
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News - Surrey in the UK is helping lonely children seeking asylum. Here are the personal stories of two young people whom Surrey worked with.
Mohammed’s story
Mohamad (turning soon 18) arrived in the UK by smuggling himself from France through a lorry…
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News - The importance of integrating data between social and health care is unquestionable. Liquidlogic works closely with System C, Graphnet, EMIS Health, Healthcare Gateway, Orion, Cerner and others to provide interfaces to health systems and deliver their benefits.
There are…
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News - Based on the views of 82 people in 11 focus groups, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found that racism and stereotypes among social workers and other professionals create disadvantages and disclosures for people from…
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News - CommunityCare conducted set of interviews with the frontline safeguarding team in Taunton, that is Somerset Country Council, turning it into a genuine article story of a real progress in the field of Children`s Services.
Following a detailed…
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News - Bright Spots is a partnership research programme between Coram Voice and the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford, which works with local authorities across the county to understand the experience of children in care and care leavers.
They want to explore…
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News - Two social workers from the Southwark Council have died after contracting the coronavirus. It is unknown if they became infected while working. Many social workers fear for their health as there is a national shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE),…
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News - An unfortunate situation turned into a success story between a social worker and her service user in Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Emily was suffering from drug and alcohol misuse; she was in a bad relationship and was about to lose her son. She had a social worker, but…
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News - Becca Dove, family worker and Tim Fisher, social worker wrote an article in CommunityCare on lived experience and peer support approaches in child protection. Beginning with a story on a real-world example telling how social services were experienced by a…
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News - A 15-month-long research project was carried out to understand how social workers deal with the relationships they have with children and families, and in what ways these relationships are impacted by organizational culture, office design and staff support. Similarly, these…
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News - A lecturer in social work, Sue Cook, considers the uncomfortable questions about 'decolonizing' education and practice for an increasingly diverse world.
According to the International Federation of Social Workers, the definition of social work emphasizes not only…
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News - Hundreds of people signed an online campaign and letter to highlight the most harmful aspects of today’s public care system in the UK:
Numerous children sent far from their families, friends and schools
More trust in unregulated homes
Many children went to prison after…
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News - The academics of the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory are working on a new guidance for professionals on removing newborns from their birth families. Reviews of the research and reports shows that the current practise has many deficiencies:
the lack of time given to…
