ARU STEP UP

Applications for Cohort 8 of Step Up to Social Work are now closed. If you missed out, check out our other qualifying courses @SW_ARU. We would love to hear from you. aru.ac.uk/study/subject-…

Great to meet our next cohort of @ARU_StepUp today. Really excited about getting started.

One of our favourite days of the year today. Decision making for @ARU_StepUp. We are all so excited about our next cohort. A really positive way to end a busy week.

Last day of @ARU_StepUp interviews today. Another really positive day. Decisions will be tough this year.

A lovely day celebrating with our @ARU_StepUp students. We are all so proud of the social workers you have become.

We have some places still available on our BA(Hons) and MA degrees in Social Work at our campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, and at ARU Peterborough for this September. BA(Hons) -aru.ac.uk/study/undergra… MA - aru.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

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Day 2 of @ARU_StepUp assessments. Another really positive day meeting potential social work students. Made even better by the presence of students from Cohort 7. They were brilliant and answered lots of questions and talked about their experiences.

Day one of our @ARU_StepUp interviews. Lovely being with colleagues from the East Region and meeting our next cohort of students.

Our @ARU_StepUp Twitter account has been a bit quiet because we are busy with preparations for the assessment centres for Cohort 8. We are really excited to meet everyone.

This @carersweek we recognise the huge contribution unpaid carers make to society. Politicians, employers, health & social services, businesses, education providers and public all have a role raising awareness of caring & ensuring carers can access the info and support they need.

The Government committed to end child immigration detention in 2010 and put it into law. Now they’re proposing to bring it back - any child who arrives in the UK will be detained, locked out of claiming asylum, and denied the protection/safety they need. #IllegalMigrationBill

🎉 It’s official! People juggling paid employment and unpaid care will have a #RightToCarersLeave for the very first time. The Carer’s Leave Bill has received Royal Assent, meaning it will be the law for all employers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide carer’s leave. 🧵

Today is #InternationalMissingChildrensDay. Hundreds of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK were reported missing from Home Office-run hotels this year. We’re bringing legal action with @article_39 to make sure the Government keeps them safe: glplive.org/ff9

I am today publishing a new report which examines the number of looked after children who are missing from education in England. These are some of the most vulnerable children in the country and every one of them deserves to be in school. childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/?post_type=res…

We have a new episode of #NowandMen out today with the brilliant @j_scourfield, Prof of Social Work at @CUSocSci @CASCADEresearch. We talk to Jonathan about his research on male suicide & what it has to do with masculinity, as well as social work with men: now-and-men.captivate.fm/episode/jonath…

In the UK, more young people are in the care system than ever before. After being removed from his family home, Xorin spent four years in children’s services, during which he was groomed by a gang. @channel4 follows his and his family’s journey as he moves back home.

Day one of the @ARU_StepUp MA done. Good session starting to develop research ideas. Lovely to see everyone again.

Prison is no place for pregnant women, nor for most 18 year olds. Utterly heart-rending.

Every child should live in a home with proper care and supervision. Yet new regulations legitimise those in care aged over 15 being placed in unsafe and unsupervised accommodation such as caravan parks. The Govt are putting these children at risk of serious harm. @article_39

So, as you may have heard, the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards is being delayed beyond the lifetime of this Parliament. @CCInform1 legal editor has summarised the implications here but here's a bit of a timeline of how we go here: 🧵 communitycare.co.uk/2023/04/05/dep…