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The rewards from taking risks

John Lawrence recalls the case of Eileen, a woman with dementia, who was increasingly vulnerable to her condition but who was supported by professionals in managing, rather than avoiding entirely,...

The Report of the Social Care and Social Work Workforce Task Group

The Task Group was commissioned by the Deputy Minister for Social Services to undertake a comprehensive review of frontline social work and social care practice across the whole profession, including...

The question of race

The subject of interracial adoption returned to the headlines late last year, and once again last month with the publication of new guidelines for social workers in England aimed at making...

The Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) in Northern Ireland

Employers in Northern Ireland said that they wanted qualifications which test competence and which have a robust underpinning knowledge. They recognised the need for some specific, knowledge-based...

The persistence of poverty across generations

This report examines the magnitude of the link between child poverty and poverty later in adult life using members of two British cohorts, one group in their teens in the 1970s and the other in their...

The low-pay, no-pay cycle

This study is about the lives of people living in some of the most deprived wards in England. Using detailed qualitative interviews, and extending a series of related, long-term studies in the same...

The importing question

When BASW asked social workers to share their experiences of life as a social worker from overseas, and of working alongside colleagues trained outside of the UK, the responses flooded in.

The impact of the global economic downturn on communities and poverty in the UK

With global economic volatility believed to be on the rise, more understanding is needed of how globalisation impacts on poverty in the UK. This report examines what being part of the global economy...

The impact of short breaks on families with a disabled child: report one of the quantitative phase

This document reports on a cross-sectional sample of families with a disabled child using short breaks in England; it describes the characteristics of children and families using short breaks, the...

The impact of poverty on young children’s experience of school

This report explores how disadvantage affects children’s experience of primary school education.

The Impact of Austerity Measures on Households with Children

This paper examines the prospects for incomes and poverty rates among households with children between 2010 and 2015 and attempts to isolate the impact of tax and benefit changes on household incomes...

The impact of a tightening fiscal situation on social care for older people

The main purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of a reduction in funding for care. In the current difficult fiscal climate, a cut in funding for social care seems likely. But what are the...

An international perspective on integrated children’s services

The review concludes that the task of ensuring a joined-up approach to children’s services remains work in progress, and questions whether now, as children’s services move to a more ‘mature’ phase, a...

Boarding Schools National Minimum Standards

This document contains a statement of National Minimum Standards (Standards) to safeguard and promote the welfare of children for whom accommodation is provided by Boarding Schools. These Standards...

Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards

The NMS for fostering services are issued by the Secretary of State under section 23 of the CSA 2000. The Secretary of State will keep the standards under review and may publish amended standards as...

Residential Special Schools National Minimum Standards

These Standards contain arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children for whom accommodation is provided by residential special schools. They provide the minimum standards below which...

Adoption: National Minimum Standards

This document contains the National Minimum Standards (NMS) applicable to the provision of adoption services. The NMS together with the adoption regulations form the basis of the regulatory framework...

The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations

Volume 1 of the Children Act Guidance and Regulations, first published in 1991, provides guidance, primarily addressed to local authorities and their staff, about the court-related provisions set out...

The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations

These regulations and guidance are designed to ensure care leavers are given the same level of care and support that their peers would expect from a reasonable parent and that they are provided with...

Children Act 2004

An Act to make provision for the establishment of a Children’s Commissioner; to make provision about services provided to and for children and young people by local authorities and other persons; to...

The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations

1.1 Any good parent wants to make sure their children enjoy good emotional and physical health, an excellent education and a wide range of opportunities to enjoy their childhood so that they have...

The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations

This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education. It is issued as guidance under section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 which requires local authorities in exercising...

Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations

Any good parent wants to make sure their children enjoy good emotional and physical health, an excellent education and a wide range of opportunities to enjoy their childhood so that they have every...

Fairness and Freedom

Britain is in many ways a fairer and more equal society today than at any time in living memory. A hundred years ago women were not allowed to vote on the same basis as men; now the very idea seems...

Regulation and Enforcement to Tackle Forced Labour in the UK: A Systematic Response?

This paper: maps the legal and organisational framework relating to forced labour; highlights gaps in the UK’s actions to combat forced labour; and develops a set of recommendations for improvements...

The health and social care experiences of black and minority ethnic older people

Many research studies do not distinguish between older and younger people from minority ethnic groups, making it difficult to establish the effects of other influences on health, such as income and...

The Foster Carers’ Charter

Too often we fail to appreciate the essential contribution made by the great unsung army of foster carers. With the majority of looked after children in England living with foster carers their role...

The Good Childhood Report 2012

Children’s well-being is central to that of society as a whole. Promoting children’s well-being is not only important in order for children to have a good developing this understanding childhood, but...

The glue that binds

The quality, frequency and nature of supervision has been a political football in social work for some time but for Ray Jones it is vital, above all else, to reflect on the many significant benefits...

The ethics of sustainable health and social care

What are the ethical and economic implications of costing environmental impacts properly in allocative, treatment and priority-setting decisions in health and social care?

Children’s Homes: National Minimum Standards

The National Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes are issued by the Secretary of State under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000. The Secretary of State will keep the standards under review...

The equality implications of being a migrant in Britain

The report also examines the application of human rights, equality and anti-discrimination legislation covering the various equality groups, as well as migration policies, community relations,...

The equality impacts of the current recession

The study is concerned with change in the labour market. It needs to be remembered, however, that some of the groups on which the study focuses have disadvantaged positions in the labour market. The...

The Emerging Priorities Facing Children’s Services – C4EO Final Report

This report provides findings from desk‐based research to identify the emerging key priorities facing Directors of Children’s Services and organisations delivering children’s services in England over...

The early days of change

Ruth Stark considers the role of Practitioners Forums in advancing the Changing Lives agenda in Scotland since 2007, drawing on a recent major conference to suggest the merits and the limitations of...

The dying art

A report published this summer considered how to improve end of life care in England, highlighting concerns that social workers aren’t sufficiently engaged in working with such people.

The death of good practice

As the Social Work Taskforce in England considers the wording of its final conclusions later this month, Joyce Brand laments the influence of the prevailing style of management on children’s services...

Right on Time: Exploring delays in adoption Report Summary

This report explores how delays for children within the adoption process were avoided, and why delays occurred, in nine local authorities. Inspectors examined cases where adoption was, or had been,...

Qualitative study of offender employment review: final report

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) commissioned the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) to undertake a qualitative study of offender employment services, with a specific...

The circumstances of persistently poor families with children: Evidence from the Families and Children Study (FACS)

The aim of this project is to gain a fuller understanding of the circumstances of families with children that experience persistent poverty.

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