Social work news

Mandatory child sexual abuse duty plan dropped in pre-election legislation rush

28-05-2024 12:44

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.A planned new duty on staff working with children to report child sexual abuse (CSA) was dropped in last week’s pre-election rush to pass legislation.
The government’s Criminal Justice Bill fell in the so-called ‘wash-up’ period between prime minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to call an election last Wednesday (22 May) and the end of the parliamentary session last

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Social workers’ encounters with dogs: addressing the evidence gap

28-05-2024 12:14

By Denise Turner
Social workers may encounter dogs in their practice in multiple ways.
These include home visits, making court recommendations in which decisions about child placements are affected by whether a family relinquishes its dog, or assessing the suitability of dogs in the homes of foster carers.
In cases of domestic abuse, people may be reluctant to leave a dangerous situation due to their dog, or dogs may have to be re-homed anonymously in order to prevent the perpetrator from locati

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Assistant Team Manager

28-05-2024 09:27

https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/job/1401757845/assistant-team-manager-/

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National reckonings and public inquiries: what scandals come next?

28-05-2024 08:00

After the Post Office, infected blood, Grenfell Tower, Windrush and more, what could fall on the next prime minister’s watch? Reckonings with shocking national scandals have lately become a defining feature of British public life.Some, like the Post Office and infected blood scandals, have erupted from cases of wrongdoing hidden in plain sight. Again and again, whistleblowers are shown to have been sidelined, ignored and dismissed. Continue reading...

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