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@DavidLammy reflects on his own experience of #adoption & calls for urgent global action to place #children with safe, loving families. 🔗 Read more: socialworktoday.co.uk/News/dpm-blog-… (2/3)

Writing exclusively for #SocialWorkToday, #DeputyPrimeMinister @DavidLammy MP, marks the centenary of the #AdoptionofChildrenAct and one year since his launch of the #GlobalCharteronChildrensCareReform. (1/3)

Recent news: • Government announces £50m increase to #DisabledFacilitiesGrant • @HfdsCouncil Children’s Services rated ‘Good’ by @Ofstednews following turnaround • Sir William Utting becomes first patron of #SocialWorkHistoryNetwork

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Recent news: • National initiative launches to focus on #socialworkerwellbeing • #VAWG Strategy sets ambition, but lacks critical investment • Amendment to strengthen #kinshipcare duties in #ChildrenWellbeingandSchoolsBill

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#Foster #care pressures require “society-wide” response, @ADCStweets President says. #RachelWardell spoke to #SocialWorkToday in a wide-ranging interview at the #NationalChildrenandAdultsServicesConference (#NCASC). 🔗 socialworktoday.co.uk/News/foster-ca… @NFG_Fostering @Coram @fosteringnet

Children’s minister #JoshMacAlister has warned directors of children’s services (DCSs) that ‘time is ticking away’ and that they may have only one opportunity in a generation to fundamentally reset children’s #socialcare.

#MacAlister urges sector to seize ‘once-in-a-generation’ chance to reset #children’s social care. 🔗 Read more - socialworktoday.co.uk/News/macaliste….

#Ofsted will scrap its headline “overall effectiveness” judgement for #councilchildrensservices from April 2026, as part of major overhaul of the #ILACSinspectionframework designed to reflect wider #socialcare reforms & better capture complexity of work with #children & #families

#Ofsted to remove headline judgement from #children’s services inspections from 2026. 🔗 Read more: socialworktoday.co.uk/News/ofsted-to…. @Ofstednews @educationgovuk @LGAcomms @ADCStweets @ChildrensComm @ncbtweets (1/2)

#Chancellor confirms #UniversalCredit restriction will end, lifting hundreds of thousands of #children out of #poverty. 🔗 Read more - socialworktoday.co.uk/News/two-child…. (2/2)

Two-child limit to be abolished in major victory for anti-poverty campaigners. @CPAGUK @BASW_UK @childrensociety @barnardos @NSPCC @savechildrenuk @LGAcomms @ncbtweets @ADCStweets @ChildrensComm (1/2)

Study launched at #NationalChildrenandAdultServicesConference warns that councils& #earlyyearsproviders are facing growing numbers of under 5's with complex needs—especially with communication & interaction—& urges government to strengthen funding, workforce support & #SENDreform

Rising needs in early years #children seen by councils & practitioners. 🔗 Read: socialworktoday.co.uk/News/rising-ne…. @LGAcomms @IsosPartnership @educationgovuk @savechildrenuk @DHSCgovuk @ChildhoodTrust @FamilyFund @Coram @EduPolicyInst @ADCStweets @CDC_tweets @nasen_org @NSPCC @barnardos

The #COMPASSJobsFair London was a huge success 🎉 Hundreds of #socialwork professionals enjoyed packed seminars, great discussions & a buzzing exhibition of organisations. @LBofHounslow were the #CPD #sponsors of the #SharedFuturesinSocialWork conference ➡️compassjobsfair.com

Surge in expensive #carepackages for #youngadults with #complexneeds has intensified concerns about England’s #adultsocialcare pressures, with councils projecting record overspends & leaders warning that underfunding is limiting young people’s independence socialworktoday.co.uk/News/high-cost…

High-cost #care for young adults surges as directors warn of “impossible choices”. @1adass @CamdenCouncil @LGAcomms @DHSCgovuk @BASW_UK (1/2)