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Scottish councils face critical workforce gaps

05/09/2024

Local authorities in Scotland are facing critical workforce gaps in multiple areas, in particular in social care and social work, a new report has found.

Social worker in Kirstie Allsopp referral ‘did nothing wrong’

29/08/2024

The council worker who responded to a social services referral involving the teenage son of celebrity presenter Kirstie Allsopp has been defended by a major social work association.

Harehills: Disorder 'normal' for Leeds social workers

13/08/2024

Leeds City Council has been urged to improve support for social workers after an employee was injured amid disorder in Harehills last month.

Safeguarding panel calls for register of home-educated children

15/05/2024

An expert child safeguarding panel has joined calls for a statutory register of children who are electively home educated.

Social workers’ concerns not addressed, union warns

02/04/2024

Welfare concerns raised by social workers are not being dealt with, putting vulnerable people at risk, a union has warned.

Cost of living crisis to lead to ‘catastrophic’ winter

07/09/2022

The cost of living crisis will have a ‘catastrophic’ impact with an increase in the number of children entering care and a rise in domestic violence.

LGPS funds plan to increase local social investing

07/06/2022

Nearly nine out of ten (89%) Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds are planning to increase their allocation to local social investing in the next few years, a new survey has revealed.

The key role local authorities play in the mental health of young migrants and refugees

07/05/2021

Amy Spiller explains how accessing mental health support through their local authorities can have a transformative effect on young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Social work failings stopped parents visiting dying baby

08/11/2018

A council has apologised for the ‘distress’ of a family who were unable to spend time with their dying baby due to social work failings.

Judge calls for end of ‘inhumane’ separation of elderly couples in care homes

10/05/2017

Separating elderly couples when one or both of them go into care is ‘inhumane’, a senior judge has said.

Accreditation scheme will make job harder for social workers warns union

04/04/2017

The Government should scrap plans for an accreditation scheme for social workers because it would take up time that could be spent helping vulnerable families, a union has demanded.

Social workers removed vulnerable teen from family ‘without warning’

09/03/2017

Social workers in Essex removed a vulnerable teen from the care of her family ‘without any warning’, ombudsman finds.

Councils criticise amendment calling for safeguarding and welfare capacity register

07/03/2017

Council chiefs have criticised a new amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill which requires local authorities to maintain and report a local safeguarding and welfare capacity register.

Government scraps controversial 'innovation' clauses from Social Work Bill

06/03/2017

The Government has scrapped controversial clauses from the Children and Social Work Bill that would have exempted select local authorities from their statutory duties to young people.

New legal protection for whistleblowers announced

09/11/2016

Whistleblowers applying for jobs in the children’s social care sector will be covered by new legal protections, the Government has announced.

Social workers reject 'unsafe' reforms

03/11/2016

Plans to allow councils to set up social work trusts could prove dangerous for children, according to a new report from Unison.

Government soothes children's services privatisation fears

19/10/2016

The Government has made changes to the Children and Social Work Bill in a bid to sooth fears that private organisations could profit from social services.

Whitehall should abandon its social work reforms, committee urges

13/07/2016

Government proposals for social work reform have ‘significant weaknesses’ and should be scrapped, says Education Committee.

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