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Right on Time: Exploring delays in adoption

This report explores the effectiveness of arrangements to avoid delay in adoption outcomes for children in a sample of nine local authority areas and their partner agencies. The report draws on...

Understanding vulnerable young people

The Department for Education (DfE) wants to improve the aspirations and achievement of vulnerable young people. Of interest are young people who experience substance misuse, emotional health concerns...

Understanding the risks of social exclusion across the life course

There is evidence from this research that one of the most significant triggers of risk of social exclusion in young adulthood is having lived in a family who was in receipt of income support during...

'Trying to get by' : consulting with children and young people on poverty

We carried out this research because we felt that children and young people’s voices were missing from the strategies aimed at eradicating child poverty in this country. We therefore wanted to...

Trust me, I'm a social worker?

Eddie O’Hara looks at the dilemma facing practitioners in dealing with information presented to them ‘in confidence’, and offers a framework for ensuring that professional judgements about such...

Trans research review

In May 2008 The Equality and Human Rights Commission commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to establish a clear picture of the recent and relevant evidence base (quantitative...

Towards a social model of madness and distress?

This report explores mental health service users’ views about social approaches to madness and mental distress and their relationship with the social model of disability.

Think Local Act Personal

Personalisation and community are the key building blocks of a reform agenda, shaped around an individual’s own expertise and resources.

The waves of change

Andrew Truby considers what the transfer of regulatory functions from the General Social Care Council to the Health Professions Council will mean for your practice and the standards expected for the...

The views and experiences of children and young people who have been through the child protection/safeguarding system.

Action for Children were commissioned by the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services (C4EO) to seek the views of children and young people that have been through a...

The value of social care professionals working in extended schools

The overarching aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of social care professionals working within the multi-disciplinary environment of an extended school.

The Use of Whole Family Assessment to Identify the Needs of Families with Multiple Problems

The paper provides an overview of the approaches to assessment taken by the Local Authorities (LAs) involved, along with a more detailed exploration of the whole family assessment processes developed...

The Use and Effectiveness of Anti-Bullying Strategies in Schools

This report on the effectiveness of anti-bullying interventions started in September 2008 and lasted until November 2010. It was conducted by the Unit for School and Family Studies, based at...

The stuff you can't measure

Dr Karen Broadhurst and Dr Chris Hall, from Lancaster University, consider the results of their research into the use of standard assessment frameworks to argue the urgent need for policy makers to...

The state of health care and adult social care in England 2009/2010

This report to Parliament describes the state of health care and adult social care services in England in 2009/10. Our findings refer mainly to evidence from regulation, assessment and review...

The social media we need not fear

Against a backdrop of increasing confusion surrounding the use of social media, Shirley Ayres discusses the benefits of engagement and the need for clear guidance from employers.

The social determinants of health and the role of local government

This publication takes the form of a collection of articles by distinguished practitioners of public health, academics with research interests in the social determinants of health and health...

The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2011

The following report has been produced by Skills for Care and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England as at 2010.

The secret middle class abuse

Nicola Barry tells the story of how her mother’s alcoholism blighted her childhood. She believes that her middle class background insulated her family from the scrutiny of social services and that...

The riots

August saw riots and looting in cities across England. Images of people smashing shop windows, stealing, and setting fire to buildings were broadcast across the world and left a firm imprint on our...

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...

Updated Review on Risk and Adult Social Care in England

This paper: Updates an earlier extensive review of research into the incidence and management of risk in adult social care in England; Addresses gaps identified in the earlier review, with new...

The bigger picture

German practitioners skilled in the arts of social pedagogy, and a British convert to the concept, tell social care journalist Clare Jerrom about their experience of implementing the holistic...

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,...

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