The government’s policy of having social workers who investigate child protection cases chair conferences is wrong as it undermines impartiality, say practitioners. As part of the the Department for ...

This paper argues that contemporary child and family social work in England and some other states in Europe needs an ethical ‘turn’. This paper considers the facts in the Re W judgment and identifies ...

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The evidence base for fabricated or induced illness is weak and its consequences for families are catastrophic, argue Andy ...

Some child protection social workers have been left out of a new wage top-up, which the union representing those employees ...