Social work news

• Social workers resume strike action as dispute remains unresolved

  21-03-2024 22:10
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Social workers have resumed strike action after a two-week pause, as their dispute with their local authority remains unresolved.
  The nine independent reviewing officers (IROs), child protection conference chairs and local authority designated officers (LADOs) from Swindon council returned to the picket line for two days this week.
  They have also started a work to rule, under which they are
  
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• Policy paper: Framework agreement between DHSC and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

  21-03-2024 18:31 via gov.uk
  
  Describes the working relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
  
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• Guidance: Parent-infant relationships: starting conversations (practitioner guide)

  21-03-2024 17:37 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for frontline practitioners to explore a parent or carer’s relationship with their baby, and identify parent-infant relationship difficulties.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, October to December 2023

  21-03-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: senior officials’ travel, hospitality and meetings, October to December 2023

  21-03-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  All data on senior officials’ travel, external meetings and hospitality.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, October to December 2023

  21-03-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts that ministers gave and received, their external meetings and any overseas travel.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2023

  21-03-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Summaries of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE: senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, October to December 2023

  21-03-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, and the permanent secretary’s meetings with external organisations.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, October to December 2023

  21-03-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts that ministers gave and received, their external meetings and any overseas travel.
  
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• Form: Academy conversion: support grant forms

  21-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Forms for eligible schools converting to academies to claim the support grant and to declare what portion of the grant they’ve spent.
  
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• 6. Open as an academy

  21-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  What actions you should take in the first few months after your school opens as an academy.
  
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• 3. Set up or join an academy trust

  21-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  What actions to take following approval of your academy conversion application.
  
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• Mental Health Act reform: where the government stands

  21-03-2024 13:28
  
  By Tim Spencer-Lane
  The draft Mental Health Bill, published in June 2022, contained proposals to update the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). A joint committee of both Houses of Parliament was then appointed to scrutinise the draft bill.
  The joint committee’s final report, which made 55 recommendations, was published in January 2023.
  On 21 March 2024, the government published its long-awaited response to the joint committee’s report. The following is a summary of the response.
  When will
  
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• Working with perpetrators of domestic abuse: training social workers to have challenging conversations

  21-03-2024 12:54
  
  Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that one in three crimes of violence are domestic abuse related.
  Nationally, domestic abuse against a parent was a factor in one-third of children’s social care assessments where a need was identified, and in Newham, this can be as high as two-thirds for children with a child protection plan in place.
  Furthermore, according to figures from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), Newham has one of the highe
  
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• Speech: Minister Halfon's speech at the Skills Matter Event

  21-03-2024 12:36 via gov.uk
  
  Minister Halfon delivers a speech on adult education at the Skills Matter Event.
  
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• Policy paper: Rapid review into data on mental health inpatient settings: government response

  21-03-2024 11:54 via gov.uk
  
  The government's response to the recommendations of the report of the independent rapid review into mental health patient safety.
  
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• Policy paper: Government response to the Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill

  21-03-2024 11:34 via gov.uk
  
  Response to the Joint Committee’s recommendations for the draft Mental Health Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 and deliver a modern mental health service.
  
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• Research: Use of reasonable force in AP and special schools

  21-03-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  How alternative provision (AP) and special schools in England currently use reasonable force, including physical restraint and other restrictive practices.
  
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• Research: Evaluation of the attendance mentors pilot

  21-03-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Research report presenting evaluation findings from the attendance mentors pilot intervention.
  
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• Research: Children’s homes workforce census: stage 1 findings 2023

  21-03-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Findings from stage 1 of the children’s homes workforce census.
  
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• Decision: Improvement notice issued to Halton Borough Council: March 2024

  21-03-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  An improvement notice issued to Halton Borough Council following an Ofsted/CQC inspection in November 2023.
  
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• Social workers less likely to have high morale or to recommend profession than in 2020, finds study

  21-03-2024 10:45
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Social workers are significantly less likely to have high morale or to recommend the profession to friends or family than in 2020, research released this week has found.
  And though pride in the profession remains high, this has also fallen in tandem with the drop in morale, according to a Social Work England-commissioned survey of 1,260 current and 115 former practitioners by polling company
  
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• Social worker morale has fallen since 2020, finds study for regulator

  21-03-2024 10:45
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Social workers are significantly less likely to have high morale or to recommend the profession to friends or family than in 2020, research released this week has found.
  And though pride in the profession remains high, this has also fallen in tandem with the drop in morale, according to a Social Work England-commissioned survey of 1,260 current and 115 former practitioners by polling company
  
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• Official Statistics: UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity 2021

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on the estimated revenue generated by education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2021.
  
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• Official Statistics: School capacity in England: academic year 2022 to 2023

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on state-funded school places in England, as collected in the 2023 school capacity survey.
  
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• National Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: 2022 to 2023

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
  
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• National Statistics: Further education and skills: March 2024

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed non-apprenticeship adult further education, for August 2023 to January 2024.
  
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• Guidance: Special educational needs co-ordinator's national professional qualification

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  The mandatory course for special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) to learn how to effectively perform the SENCO role.
  
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• Guidance: National professional qualification (NPQ) courses

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Professional development courses for teachers and leaders to develop skills, progress careers and improve outcome school outcomes.
  
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• Guidance: Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)

  21-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Funding for courses and schools to help teachers take NPQs for their professional development.
  
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• Press release: Start for Life campaign - If They Could Tell You

  21-03-2024 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  A new government campaign will be launched to support parents as research highlights some are unaware their baby's mental health impacts their early development
  
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