Social work news

• Caseloads fall at Cafcass but social workers still struggling with work pressures, finds survey

  17-09-2024 23:16 via communitycare.co.uk
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Caseloads have fallen at Cafcass, but social workers are continuing to struggle with work pressures, according to a survey.
  The family court body said that the average caseload for social workers in its long-term teams fell from 21.7 in spring 2022 to 19.9 in May 2023, before dropping further, to about 18 now.
  For practitioners managing work up to the first hearing in private law, casel
  
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• Social workers don’t feel supported to work with fathers, poll finds

  17-09-2024 17:20 via communitycare.co.uk
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Most social workers don’t feel adequately prepared to engage with fathers, a Community Care poll has found.
  In a recent interview with Community Care, Brid Featherstone, who has a long research career in child protection and domestic abuse, noted that practitioners’ reluctance to engage with fathers often resulted in mothers being held solely responsible for adhering to safety pl
  
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• Ed Davey urges ‘faster and bolder’ action on NHS and social care

  17-09-2024 15:50
  Leader tells Lib Dem conference the party will be an antidote to the ‘pessimism and defeatism’ of StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesThe government must “act faster and be much bolder” in tackling the crises facing the UK, Ed Davey has said in a speech to the Liberal Democrat conference, promising his party would be an antidote to the “pessimism and defeatism” of Keir Starmer.Reiterating his pledge to focus in particular on pushing ministers to act
  
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• Correspondence: Adult social care winter letter 2024 to 2025

  17-09-2024 15:37 via gov.uk
  
  Letter from Stephen Kinnock, Minister of State for Care, setting out the priorities for adult social care this winter.
  
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• Independent report: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: commissioner's report

  17-09-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  An independent report and recommendations from the Commissioner for Children's Services in Tameside.
  
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• Decision: Revised direction to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: September 2024

  17-09-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Revised statutory direction issued to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, relating to poor performance in children's social care services.
  
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• Decision: Direction issued to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: March 2024

  17-09-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statutory direction issued to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council due to its children’s social care services provision.
  
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