Care review recommends IROs are scrapped
Independent Reviewing Officers would be scrapped under recommendations from the independent review into children’s social care.
Independent Reviewing Officers were introduced in 2004 (Adoption and Children Act 2002) to ensure that the care plan put in place by the local authority meets the needs of the child in care. The IRO role has since been [...]
Myths and stereotypes are significant barriers to LGBTQ+ victims disclosing child abuse
LGBTQ+ victims and survivors can face barriers which make it difficult to disclose child sexual abuse, access support and form adult relationships, according to a report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
The report by the Inquiry found many people, including professionals, continue to believe and act on harmful myths and stereotypes about [...]
What are people saying about the independent care review?
Find out how the children’s social care sector has responded to the recommendations in the independent review of children’s social care final report.
Josh MacAlister, chair of independent review of children's social careBASW
“The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) welcomes the report’s stated aims: to develop and advance the children’s social care system; to [...]
Government pledges support to social workers following care review
The government has pledged to increase support for social workers including on leadership, recruitment and retention and improved data sharing in response to the final report of the independent review of children’s social care.
The government set out initial new measures in response to recommendations in Josh MacAlister’s independent review of children’s social care, which [...]
Care review: Radical reset for children's social care is now unavoidable
There will be approaching 100,000 children in care and a flawed children’s social care system will cost over £15 billion per year by this time next year unless radical reform happens urgently, the independent review of children’s social care has stated.
The system is currently increasingly skewed to crisis intervention, with outcomes for children that continue [...]
It’s our 18th Birthday!
It is a very exciting day for us at WillisPalmer today as we are celebrating the company’s 18th birthday!
So while we can pop to the pub, vote, ride a motorbike with a licence or get a tattoo, we are having a more low key celebration with coffee and cake to mark this momentous milestone [...]
