Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules
Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules.
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.
The government brought in tougher family immigration rules in 2012 including a minimum income threshold for UK residents wanting to bring a non-EU partner or [...]
Are you up to the test? Children's social workers face knowledge test
Are you up to the test? Children's social workers face knowledge test
New children’s social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.
The test will be based on a range of [...]
Plans for child social worker gold standard unclear and unfinished
Plans for child social worker gold standard unclear and unfinished
The Department for Education's new status for social workers remains a work in progress with little clarity of benefits of the scheme.
The Department for Education has announced a ‘gold standard’ for children and families social workers designed to improve the quality of safeguarding [...]
‘New blueprint for the future training social workers’, announced by Isabelle Trowler
‘New blueprint future training social workers’, announced by Isabelle Trowler
Described as coming “as part of the most significant transformation to the profession in a generation”, this publication coincides with the Government launching plans for a new gold standard for social workers.
What social workers who work with children and families need to know and do will [...]
Five key questions from the JSWEC debate on social work’s future
Five key questions from the JSWEC debate on social work’s future. An impassioned discussion at the Joint Social Work Education Conference raised plenty of questions for the profession.
1. Where is the user voice?Hugh McLaughlin, professor of social work at Manchester Metropolitan University, said that the social work sector needed to stand up more [...]
£20m education boost for adopted children
£20m education boost for adopted children
Extension of the Pupil Premium scheme is set to help an extra 10,000 pupils and be worth around £1,900 for each student
All children adopted from care will be the beneficiaries of a £20m Pupil Premium fund designed to bridge the performance gap between adopted children and their peers.
The extension of [...]
