WillisPalmer is looking to recruit trained PAMs assessors
WillisPalmer is looking to recruit trained PAMs assessors for immediate work throughout the UK. We are especially interested in ISWs who have availability to assist us on contracts in London, the Home Counties and south east England.
We will provide you with regular work, a dedicated case manager, support of an experienced quality assurance consultant and [...]
Looked after children and adoption numbers rise again
The number of children in care has risen for the fifth successive year to total nearly 69,000, latest statistics show.
Figures released by the Department for Education show that by the end of March 2014 there were 68,840 children in care – the highest number since 1985.
This represents a one per cent increase on the 2013 [...]
Simon Hughes calls for review into children’s access to legal aid
The family justice minister Simon Hughes has called for an urgent review of legal aid cuts in a move that publicly signals Liberal Democrat unease over the impact of coalition austerity policies.
In a statement issued through his party’s press office, Hughes has asked his own department, the Ministry of Justice, to investigate whether vulnerable children [...]
Social workers making the right decisions to protect children, say guardians
In over 80% of cases local authorities were right to make applications for care proceedings when there were no other courses of action
Social workers have been making the right decisions to protect children since the death of Baby P, research by Cafcass has found.
The organisation’s study, Three weeks in November, found that in over [...]
Minister applauds council’s child sexual exploitation project
The Kingfisher project brings together police, council and health services to work together to combat child sexual exploitation
Oxfordshire council’s award-winning sexual exploitation project has been heralded as a method that can “drive improvements elsewhere” by the crime prevention minister.
The authority’s Kingfisher project brings together police, council and health services to work together to combat child [...]
The HCPC answers your queries about social worker registration fees
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) answers Community Care readers’ questions on the fees and costs of being a member:
Q: Can you explain the HCPC fee structure?
A: Our registration fee is currently £80 a year for all registrants, which is based on our projections of future activity levels and considered by the HCPC council annually.
We [...]
