Special report: The state of children’s services
Recent reports into the state of children’s services have highlighted the loss of early help and preventive services, and how this is contributing to more children in need falling through our supposed safety net, BASW has warned.
In July, the Children’s Commissioner for England published for the first time a report into the scale of vulnerability [...]
Special Report: Early Intervention and social work
The chief social worker for children has called for social workers to be increasingly involved in early intervention services saying they have a "a big part to play".
Giving evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children, Isabelle Trowler said she would like to see more social workers in early years settings and said that [...]
Mark Willis on why preventative services are the answer to increasing care applications
Last week the President of the Family Courts, Sir James Munby, issued a dire warning about the continuing rise in care applications which show no sign of slowing any time soon. He described a system at crisis point with “everyone working as hard as they can” but worryingly claimed there was no clear [...]
85% of local children’s mental health plans need improvement
Analysis shows that recruitment, funding and commissioning are key obstacles to delivering the Future in Mind vision
Eighty five per cent of local children’s mental health plans require some or substantial improvement, according to an analysis of the first year of the Future in Mind programme by the Education Policy Institute's Mental Health [...]
BASW: Vilification of social workers is damaging the profession
Association raises concerns over government’s reform programme for children’s social work services in response to Education Select Committee
The perception that social work is ‘failing’ is deeply damaging to the profession, BASW has warned.
In its submission to the Education Select Committee Inquiry into social work reform highlights that the perceived failure of social work in England [...]
Early intervention services ‘at risk’
Charities urge government to prioritise early intervention services
There is a “clear challenge” for local authorities to continue to provide early intervention services due to financial restraints, a report has warned.
‘Losing in the long run’ by Action for Children, National Children’s Bureau and The Children’s Society warns that reforms to local government finance could see significant [...]
