The national conference ‘Wisdom from Failure: A Kaleidoscope on Child Protection’, which will examine the themes and patterns in the history of failure in child protection in the UK and…
A fantastic conference with a difference aimed at professionals in the children’s services sector is being held on 18 May 2018 in London. ‘Wisdom from Failure: A Kaleidoscope on Child…
WillisPalmer’s Head of Operations, Harriet Janetta says social workers are the organisation’s greatest asset when turning a service around. Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege…
The pace of change and improvement remains too slow at Tameside, Ofsted has warned. In the third monitoring visit since the local authority was judged inadequate in December 2016, inspectors…
Every secondary school teacher will be offered mental health training by 2020, the government has confirmed. The training, which was first mooted by the Prime Minister in January, will be…
The prime minister has announced a package of measures aimed at tackling mental health problems. Speaking at the annual Charity Commission lecture, Theresa May unveiled a comprehensive package of reforms…
When we recently launched our training services to all professionals working with children and families we commissioned three attachment theory training courses provided by Terence Simmons. Terence has been with…
A new qualification for social work support staff has been launched in Wales. The Care Council for Wales has commissioned The Open University to work in partnership with the Council…
Mark Willis on WillisPalmer’s exciting new social work training service High quality training for professionals working in the children and families arena is hard to find. Over the past twelve…
