Social work news

• Transparency data: Family hubs transformation fund: section 31 grant determination letters

  04-07-2023 18:34 via gov.uk
  
  Letters sent to the local authorities selected for funding through the £12 million family hubs transformation fund.
  
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• Press release: Face to face health checks more than double in one year

  04-07-2023 16:35 via gov.uk
  
  The number of NHS health checks offered and carried out more than doubled in 2022/23.
  
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• Press release: All secondary school pupils eligible for free flu vaccine

  04-07-2023 14:14 via gov.uk
  
  All secondary school pupils eligible for free flu vaccine as government expands vaccinate programme.
  
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• The key challenges facing practice educators today

  04-07-2023 13:20
  
  By Sally Scott
  Some years ago, when I was working in a social work team in the Republic of Ireland, we were approached by a university in Germany looking for six-month practice placements.
  The team were up for a challenge and Gabi arrived from Eichstatt, Bavaria, a few weeks later. It was the first time I had been a practice educator (PE) with a foreign student and it proved to be a steep learning curve.
  Communication was initially stilted. We had staff from all over Ireland. I was from Yorkshir
  
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• Family safeguarding: how the approach works in practice

  04-07-2023 10:02
  
  Since Lancashire County Council children’s services introduced the family safeguarding model in 2021, social workers have seen a shift away from risk-averse practices towards greater partnership working with families.
  “We see families a lot more as partners in practice than ever before,” says Shelley, a team manager in the multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH), who was part of the project team that set up the model in Lancashire. “And ultimately, the research tells us that
  
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• Decision: Aston Academy: 4 July 2023

  04-07-2023 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  The schools adjudicator’s admission referral decision about Aston Academy.
  
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