Social work news

• Joe Swash: Teens in Care review – the sheer number of children failed by the system is profoundly wrong

  11-07-2023 23:00
  
  The ex-EastEnder is charming, open and excellent in this documentary on the harrowing lack of support for looked-after children. The same can’t be said for the evasive children’s minister‘They don’t come to us skipping and singing, with backpacks on.” So says the actor Joe Swash’s mother, Kiffy – who became a foster parent 15 years ago when her own daughters and son were leaving home – of the children who find themselves part of the care system. It
  
  Read more

• Not fading away: why older rockers still strike a chord with us | Letters

  11-07-2023 18:51
  
  Readers respond to Jonathan Freedland’s article about the enduring appeal of the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and others Jonathan Freedland’s deeply evocative piece about ageing rock stars and their faithful fans struck a chord with me (From Springsteen to McCartney, ageing rockers are teaching us about something bigger than music, 7 July).I first saw Bob Dylan in 1966 in Glasgow on my 19th birthday. I last saw him in 2017 in Cardiff, a few days before I reached 70. I’m pr
  
  Read more

• UK care home employed 80-year-old nurse who was not able to help lift residents

  11-07-2023 18:44
  
  HC-One employed nurse at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found to be ‘not safe’ by inspectorsOne of Britain’s biggest care home companies employed an 80-year-old senior nurse in a short-staffed care home who was older than some residents and not strong enough to help lift them.HC-One employed the octogenarian at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found by inspectors to be “inadequate” and “not safe”, in a case that highlights a chronic shortage of c
  
  Read more

• Press release: Attainment in maths and writing SATs increases compared to 2022

  11-07-2023 17:53 via gov.uk
  
  Key Stage 2 results show an improvement in the majority of subjects as pupils continue to catch up from the pandemic.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Transparency data: Expected post-16 level 3 qualifications for 2025

  11-07-2023 17:40 via gov.uk
  
  A summary of the number and type of qualifications which awarding organisations intend to submit for approval from 2025.
  
  Read more

• The Broken Swing: a poem on social work

  11-07-2023 16:10
  
  by Rosie R
  I find writing about my social worker casework a cathartic experience – a means of support for some of the sadness and despair that the role can bring.
  This poem was inspired by a case from a couple of years ago, where a young person trusted me with her worries, asking for my help. She particularly loved a high swing ride, and this became a focus for me to illustrate her journey.
  Her hopes had been around her parents “changing and improving” for her but, sadly, that
  
  Read more

• How social workers’ roles would change under Working Together overhaul

  11-07-2023 15:43
  
  The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England.
  The revisions are a key plank of the DfE’s proposed reforms to children’s social care, articulated in its draft strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love, published in February.
  As statutory guidance, relevant agencies and practitioners – including local
  
  Read more

• How social workers’ role would change under Working Together overhaul

  11-07-2023 15:43
  
  The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England.
  The revisions are a key plank of the DfE’s proposed reforms to children’s social care, articulated in its draft strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love, published in February.
  As statutory guidance, relevant agencies and practitioners – including local
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• ‘As a former child in care, I know the difference social workers make to people’s lives’

  11-07-2023 14:29
  
  Dear Future Social Worker
  You are reading this because you are thinking about training to become a social worker. Social work is a graduate profession so you might be considering an undergraduate form of study or retraining to become a social worker.
  The great thing is there are now many different routes into social work that all take into account and value the range of experiences, including voluntary or paid work, that everyone brings into the profession.
  Although I am now a director of childr
  
  Read more

• National Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment 2023: national headlines

  11-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Provisional national headline results for the 2023 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2.
  
  Read more

• Guidance: The reading framework

  11-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for primary and secondary schools to meet existing expectations for teaching reading.
  
  Read more

• Kashmir opens its first care homes for old people – but not everyone is happy

  11-07-2023 08:00
  
  Many fear the new homes will speed up a shift away from the traditional ways of family life where elderly people are looked after by extended family. But the need for care is growingNo family came to visit Ali Mohammad Dar at the care home where he spent his final days. He was moved to the home in Budgam from hospital, where he was being treated for kidney failure.When Dar died in March, staff at the home in Indian-administered Kashmir struggled to find a place to bury him because he didn’
  
  Read more

• Up to 900,000 older people taken to A&E each year due to lack of NHS care at home

  11-07-2023 01:01
  
  Age UK found an acute lack of services outside hospitals in England, resulting in elderly people suffering avoidable harmAlmost 900,000 older people are admitted to hospital every year as an emergency because the NHS is failing to keep them healthy at home, Age UK has warned.A major lack of services outside hospitals means elderly people are also suffering avoidable harm, such as falls and urinary tract infections, the charity said. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Lack of NHS home care ‘forces 855,000 older people into English hospitals each year’

  11-07-2023 01:01
  
  Age UK says acute shortage of services outside hospitals is resulting in elderly people suffering avoidable harmAlmost 900,000 older people are admitted to hospital in England every year as an emergency because the NHS is failing to keep them healthy at home, Age UK has warned.A major lack of services outside hospitals means elderly people are also suffering avoidable harm, such as falls and urinary tract infections, the charity said. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

Follow @UK_socialwork on Twitter!