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Youth Action Plan should have gone further
By Penelope Gibbs, Prison Reform Trust He who pays the piper calls the tune. Or at least has greater influence over the tune. If local authorities paid for child custody, they would surely gain more...
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What is adult social care actually for?
"Not everyone is capable of working - it seems like a good time to ask the question: what is adult social care for?"
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The law on avoiding responsibility
by Allan Norman Many civil court cases boil down to arguments over money. Even those with origins in arguments about injury to person or reputation end up with arguments about the financial value of...
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A social work college is a great idea; BASW welcomes taskforce proposals
by Hilton DawsonA college for social work could provide the means to raise the profession’s standing and status to that of medicine and lawThe report from the Social Work Task Force, Facing up to the...
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The care service cuts that so often turn into own goals
by Geoff EttridgeOver many years as a local authority manager I often saw examples of savings proposals put forward by other directorates or agencies that had financial consequences for social care....
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Improving the Integrated Childen’s System (ICS)
by Steve LiddicottAnybody who has tried to make sense of paper-based records for a child who has been receiving social care services over a number of years will agree that they should be consigned to...
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