School Social Work Service: What do we do?
WillisPalmer is a leading provider of multi-disciplinary assessments for children and families, based in Colchester.
Established for 18 years, we are proud to have been set up in Colchester and continued to be based there ever since, and currently we are based at the University of Essex’s campus.
Due to our roots being firmly established in [...]
Victims of intimate image abuse would have greater protection under Law Commission reforms
New recommendations to strengthen the law to protect victims of intimate image abuse have been proposed by the Law Commission of England and Wales.
The government asked the Commission to undertake a thorough review of the laws around intimate image abuse, following calls for them to go further to capture a wider range of harmful [...]
Regulator announces new approach to ensure social work students are fully equipped to practice
A new approach to social work education to ensure that new social workers are fully equipped for their new role has been unveiled by Social Work England.
The regulator said the vision is for all social workers to qualify equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to meet the professional standards, demonstrate [...]
45 unaccompanied asylum seeking children went missing from unlawful accommodation
The Home Office placed unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in unlawful accommodation which resulted in 45 children going missing over a 10-month period, a charity has claimed.
Parliamentary Question responses show the Home Office has housed 1,606 children in hotels between July 2021 and June 2022, even though this is unlawful and despite unaccompanied asylum-seeking children being [...]
Kinship families plunged into poverty
Kinship families are being plunged into poverty as the cost of living continues to soar, the charity Kinship has revealed.
Urgent action is needed to prevent many more families from struggling financially as they alleviate pressure on the care system by caring for children who are not able to live with their parents for a [...]
Three people sentenced for Logan Mwangi’s murder
Three people have been sentenced for the murder of five year old Logan Mwangi at Cardiff Crown Court.
Logan’s step-father John Cole, his mother Angharad Williamson and 14-year-old Craig Mulligan, who was raised by Cole, were convicted of murder after a jury heard all the evidence, which included CCTV showing John Cole carrying Logan’s body [...]
