Social work news

• Response to neglect ‘slow and inadequate’ due to high thresholds and lack of services, finds NSPCC

  03-09-2024 22:01
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Councils’ response to child neglect is “slow and inadequate” due to high thresholds for intervention and a lack of services, the NSPCC has found.
  A third of social workers polled by the charity said they had faced pressure from managers or colleagues to cease or delay intervention in neglect cases, while professionals in partner agencies criticised how children’s soci
  
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• Do we need more men in social work?

  03-09-2024 16:22
  
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  Do we need more men in social work?
  That is the question that the first episode of season two of The Social Work Community Podcast seeks to answer.
  According to Social Work England data, 83% of registered social workers were female as of November 2022.
  But how much does this matter – to the children, families and adults supported by social workers and to the way social work teams and
  
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• Community Care launches new season of award-nominated podcast

  03-09-2024 16:22
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The new season of The Social Work Community Podcast launches on 9 September.
  The podcast explores the issues that matter to social work practitioners by interviewing experienced and inspiring guests, including frontline social workers who speak from the heart about their jobs, the sector and society.
  It was nominated in the podcast category at this year’s British Association of Social
  
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• How much does online misinformation affect social workers?

  03-09-2024 15:57
  
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  Readers’ Take is a weekly series by Community Care that showcases your opinions on trending topics. To take part, vote in our weekly poll and share your thoughts in the comments section of the related article. You can read previous articles from this series here.
  Most social workers are affected by online misinformation in some way, a Community Care poll has found.
  The poll was trigge
  
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• Guidance: National Tutoring Programme: guidance for schools – academic year 2023 to 2024

  03-09-2024 15:33 via gov.uk
  
  Information for school and trust leaders on the National Tutoring Programme in the academic year 2023 to 2024.
  
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• Correspondence: Financial health notice to improve: Lakes College West Cumbria

  03-09-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  A financial health notice to improve issued to Lakes College West Cumbria.
  
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• Ofsted to scrap single-word judgments of social care services

  03-09-2024 01:01
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Ofsted is to scrap single-word judgments for its inspections of local authority children’s services and regulated social care providers.
  The regulator announced the change, a day after the government ended the use of overall effectiveness ratings for state schools with immediate effect.
  These will be replaced next year by a ‘report card’, providing a more detailed account o
  
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