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 [...]
Families ‘suicidal’ and at breaking point in lockdown
Parents and children are at breaking point in lockdown, with some suicidal, as families are struggling to pay bills, heat homes and put food on the table, Action for Children has warned.
The charity’s survey of frontline staff found that some isolated new mothers were even saying that they wished they hadn’t had their babies this [...]
Emphasis on catching up at school is unhelpful
The emphasis on children ‘catching up’ at school is unhelpful, the British Psychological Society has warned, urging a focus instead on supporting the wellbeing and educational needs of all children.
The BPS is concerned that focusing on lost learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic misses the mark, particularly for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
Dr Dan [...]
Special Report: Accountability and Reparations for survivors of non-recent abuse
The terms ‘accountability’ and ‘reparations’ mean different things to different victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found.
Some survivors told the Inquiry’s investigation into accountability and reparations that they wanted apologies, acknowledgement, assurance of non-recurrence, others wanted their abuser to be punished and holding institutions to account. Many [...]
Redress: Why we need to listen to victims and survivors
Clare Jerrom talks to Emma Lewis about her experience of the care system, her unique work with care leavers and the importance of listening to victims and survivors
The greatest insult to a victim and survivor of non-recent child sexual abuse is to suggest that they are only interested in financial compensation to make up for [...]
