First lockdown saw families pushed to brink and requiring social care intervention for first time
More children referred to children’s services in the initial six months of the Covid-19 pandemic were not previously known to social care services, analysis by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has stated.
Families who were just about coping pre-pandemic and would not normally come to the attention of social care were then presenting to [...]
Education committee launches inquiry into children’s homes
An inquiry into children’s homes has been launched by The Education Committee as part of its ongoing work exploring the issues faced by groups that are often left behind.
The inquiry is the latest in the Committee’s strand of work on left behind groups. Inquiries are continuing on left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, home [...]
Government to legislate to ban placement of under-16s in unregulated provision
The government is to legislate to enact a ban on the placement of children in care under the age of 16 in unregulated provision.
Following a consultation, education secretary Gavin Williamson said it was clear that there needed to be “action in this area”. He added that he could not imagine a circumstance whereby a child [...]
Inquiry: Sexual, physical and emotional abuse took place at St Ninian’s in Scotland
Children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused while in the care of the Christian Brothers at St Ninian’s, Scotland, an investigation by The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has found.
The provision of residential care for children in Scotland by The Christian Brothers between 1953 and 1983 at St Ninian’s Residential Care Home, Falkland, Fife, concluded that [...]
All children back to school on 8 March in government’s roadmap out of lockdown
All children and students will return to face to face education in schools and college from 8 March, the prime minister announced last night.
Boris Johnson has said throughout lockdown that getting children back into school has been the top priority. By 8 March everyone in the top four vaccine priority cohorts will have received the [...]
Meet our new Consultant Social Worker Mike Bazzard
Mike Bazzard may have been a qualified social worker for fast approaching 40 years and an independent social worker for 21 of those, but from January, Mike took on a fresh role as WillisPalmer’s Consultant Social Worker, responsible for quality assuring the reports written by our expert social work professionals.
Mike’s experience means he is ideally [...]
