I really enjoyed the debate last night and feel that I learned a great deal from it. However, I was very aware that some students felt dissatisfied with the way…
Thank you for participating in our “Student Debate” and sharing your views on whether students are ready for social work leadership. This was our Inaugural “Student Debate” and was Co-Chaired…
Thank you everyone for joining us in our debate yesterday. Our grateful appreciation and gratitude to Annie Hudson (Director of Children and Young People’s Services), Peter Holt (Communications Director at…
When in 2008 the Baby P case hit the headlines, I found myself on live TV thinking: “Why am I here?” This wasn’t a philosophical crisis but rather a musing…
In follow up of the excellent work by Bristol Council in partnership with the Open University and the BBC we are pleased to welcome Annie Hudson (Director of Children and…
Thank you everyone for participating in our #ChildProtection debate last Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Below is the summary for the debate. We’re delighted…
There are at least 24 million children around the world living without parental care. As far as we know. More shocking is that we don’t know for sure how many…
This literary review calls for families and children in developing countries to be supported in waysthat are appropriate to the conditions, culture and resources available rather than through approaches to…
How do we best go about engaging with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work? From the evidence of recent Serious Case Reviews (SCRs), this could be seen as…
“Oppressive: Adj: Of the nature of or characterised by cruel or unjust exercise of authority or power; unreasonably harsh; tyrannical. weighing heavily on the mind, spirits or senses; depressing.” (Shorter…
