Lack of early intervention leads to re-referrals
An estimated 64,000 children a year are missing out on early help services and then being re-referred to children’s social care within 12 months, a report by Action for Children warns.
There were at least 320,000 missed opportunities to provide early help services to children who were then re-referred to social care within 12 months, [...]
‘Parents with learning disabilities can be disadvantaged when being assessed due to strict timescales’
ISW Pamela Smith talks about her experience of undertaking the ParentAssess training for parenting assessments of parents with learning disabilities
Social workers carrying out specialist parenting assessment of parents with learning disabilities need to be assertive to challenge deadlines where it is in the parents’ best interests, an Independent Social Worker with more than 25 years’ [...]
DfE seeks contractor to deliver accreditation of social workers
The accreditation of social workers is set to cost £3.5m, it has emerged.
The Department for Education has put out a contract for the accreditation of social workers and estimated that the value of the contract is £3.5m.
The contractor will be required to deliver the accreditation and assessment system for children and family social workers in [...]
Government seeks contractor to deliver accreditation of social workers
The government has announced the next stages for the assessment and accreditation of social workers as part of its reform programme.
The Department for Education has published a tender document seeking a contractor to set up a system to assess and accredit children and family social workers in England.
The document outlines that the Department wishes 8,000 [...]
Expert Forensic Risk Assessments
Over the past 12 years WillisPalmer has developed an excellent reputation for undertaking a range of forensic risk assessments including cases where there is risk of sexual abuse and/or domestic violence.
We are able to undertake assessments in the context of public or private law proceedings; with convicted or alleged perpetrators; or with [...]
Social workers critical of accreditation scheme
An overwhelming 91% of social workers think the introduction of the new assessment and accreditation scheme should not be a priority for the social work profession.
A survey of 100 social workers carried out by public sector union UNISON found that social workers would rather the government focused on funding, training and reducing caseloads.
“The Government’s reform [...]
