Social work news

• ‘To the social work manager who supported me through my ASYE’

  08-01-2025 19:22
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Our My Brilliant Colleague series invites you to celebrate anyone who has inspired you in your career.
  In this entry, newly qualified social worker Anjali Singhal celebrates the team manager who, “without judgement”, supported her through the learning and struggles of her assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE).This is about my team manager, Nasreen Agal.I recently compl
  
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• Tory and Reform MPs accused of ‘weaponising trauma’ of grooming victims, as Farage calls for inquiry to focus on Pakistani men – as it happened

  08-01-2025 19:12
  Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one outReform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to upd
  
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• The care taskforce needs boldness, not buzzwords | Letters

  08-01-2025 18:46
  
  Wes Streeting is wrong to frame social care as a burden on the NHS , writes Dr Melanie Henwood. Plus letters from Dr Marion Witton and Mike Smith.The announcement of a new commission on social care has been met with an audible sigh from commentators, family carers and people needing care and support (Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades, 3 January). We’ve all been here before, built up expectations of reform and dared to hope things would change, only
  
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• School admissions

  08-01-2025 16:38 via gov.uk
  
  Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
  
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• ‘Get this done’: Andrew Dilnot attacks three-year plan for English social care

  08-01-2025 15:56
  Architect of previous attempts at reform says government could announce what it wants to do by end of 2025 UK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street’s plan to spend three years preparing a blueprint to overhaul England’s social care is “inappropriate” given the urgency of the crisis facing frail, ill and disabled people, a leading care expert has told MPs.Sir Andrew Dilnot, the architect of previous government-commissioned attempts to reform adult social care
  
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• Keir Starmer ‘open-minded’ about new inquiry on child grooming gangs, No 10 says, but wants to prioritise action – UK politics live

  08-01-2025 15:14
  Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one outReform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to upd
  
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• Insights for NQSWs on starting out in social work

  08-01-2025 11:13
  
  Hello, everyone! We’re Elizabeth Opeche and Veronica John-Sdiri, social workers reflecting on our journey so far. We’d like to share some insights and tips that could benefit fellow social workers, especially those starting their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) programme.
  A journey of resilience
  Elizabeth Opeche, social worker, Essex County Council
  We have been engaging with newly qualified colleagues in Essex, who have shared some truly inspiring stories. We hope to
  
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• Press release: Children’s Bill to keep children safe from exploitation

  08-01-2025 10:21 via gov.uk
  
  Major reforms to protect thousands of vulnerable children hidden from sight will take another crucial step forward today.
  
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• The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill summarised

  08-01-2025 09:11
  
  By Tim Spencer-Lane
  The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was introduced in Parliament on 17 December 2024.
  Part 1 of the bill contains reforms to children’s social care. Part 2 makes provision relating to education in England. Most of the social care reforms were foreshadowed in the policy paper, ‘Keeping children safe, helping families thrive’, which was published in November 2024.
  This article summarises the main provisions that will impact on social workers.
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• The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill explained

  08-01-2025 09:11
  
  By Tim Spencer-Lane
  The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was introduced in Parliament on 17 December 2024.
  Part 1 of the bill contains reforms to children’s social care. Part 2 makes provision relating to education in England. Most of the social care reforms were foreshadowed in the policy paper, ‘Keeping children safe, helping families thrive’, which was published in November 2024.
  This article summarises the main provisions that will impact on social workers.
  Famil
  
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