Expert’s Corner: Kelly Berkeley
Independent Social Worker Kelly Berkeley on the importance of experience when carrying out complex parenting assessments.
Social workers carrying out parenting assessments need to be able to engage with people they have never met before quickly and develop a rapport with them, an expert in parenting assessments has said.
Independent Social Worker Kelly Berkeley says [...]
Young children who engage in play with their fathers are better able to control their emotions
Children whose fathers engage with play with them from a young age may be able to control their emotions and behaviour as they grow up, research has found.
The findings of the research carried out by Cambridge University’s faculty of education and the LEGO Foundation found that while there are similarities in play from mothers [...]
Lockdown pressures lead to children’s services referral rates increasing
Financial worries, social isolation, being cooped up 24/7, substance misuse, mental ill health and frayed tensions resulting in domestic abuse – why referrals to children’s services are already on the rise before all children return to school.
Referrals to children’s services are creeping back up – despite many children still being out of education and [...]
Children should be at heart of recovery process from Coronavirus
More than 150 organisations have urged the government to place children at the heart of the recovery process from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement from the 150 organisations, which was coordinated by Action for Children, Barnardo’s, National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC and The Children’s Society, says that this generation of children face unprecedented threats to their [...]
New Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract awarded to Salvation Army
A new Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract has been awarded to The Salvation Army to provide potential and confirmed victims of modern slavery with a service that better meets the needs of each victim, including those with specialist and complex needs.
As part of the National Referral Mechanism, it will ensure the safeguarding and protection [...]
180 children protected from online child abuse
Police Scotland investigations into online child abuse have resulted in 180 children being protected over the last six months.
Officers from Police Scotland’s Internet Investigations Unit have prepared over 350 National Online Child Abuse Prevention (NOCAP) packages since January, with 100 offenders being arrested and 180 children being protected from online child abuse.
Assistant Chief Constable [...]
