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• News about Oxford Owl
  on Nov 22, 2011 in Strategic Consult blog tools news parents hints tips reading Oxford Owl resources games charlotte pearson school website
  Oxford Owl, your favourite FREE parent support website, has been shortlisted for a 2012 BETT Award! We already know that you love recommending Oxford Owl to parents, but the great news is that it’s just been recognised by BETT, a major educ...
• Tips on writing welfare reports in private law cases
  on Nov 14, 2011 in welfare reports law community care top tips reports
  Matthew BurmanMonday 24 October 2011 15:35A rise in care applications and private law cases means more social workers are being asked to provide courts with welfare reports.Matthew Burman gives some guidance on what is expectedHistorically it has alw...
• Why do young carers fail to use services? Have your say!
  on Nov 14, 2011 in community care practice points young carers MAD blog awards; nomination; charlotte pearson
  Why do young carers fail to use services?Berni GrahamSunday 18 September 2011 23:59Many young carers are not using the services available to them. Independent researcher Berni Graham looks at one council's investigation of why this is the caseThe lif...
• Getting the measure of outcomes
  on Nov 14, 2011 in articipation; involvement; top tips; charlotte pearson; service user involvement;community engagement; staffordshire
  Community Care Magazine reported recently that Children's Centres are being urged to focus on outcomes but concerns were raised regarding how success can be gauged.Outcome (noun): A final product or end result; consequence; issue.The dictionary expla...
• Explaining your safeguarding role to a child: top tips from community care
  on Nov 14, 2011 in safeguarding children and families; top tips for working with hard to reach
  How do I explain my child protection role to a child?Joanna NicolasMonday 26 September 2011 10:31Communicating with children is one of the most difficult parts of social work and is, in my opinion, an area sorely neglected in training. It does not su...
• A quarter of social workers have second jobs!!!!!
  on Nov 14, 2011 in second job Family support; children and families; social workers; charlotte pearson; strategic consult and c; outcomes; evaluation
  A quarter of social workers has taken on a second job to support their income in the current bleak economic climate, a survey by Community Care and the College of Social Work has revealed.Of those who had, more than half said they had done so because...
• Can payment-by-results hit the target?
  on Aug 30, 2011 in hard to reach; e course; top tips; engagement; children's centres; pilots; payment by results
  With the launch of payment-by-results pilots at some children's centres, better protect and help at-risk children? Have you say ... tell us what you think! Also ... if you are a children's centre looking to improve engagement why not register for o...
• Intelligence Network
  on Aug 29, 2011 in hub; multi-agency hub; network; virtual links; actual links; chidlrens social care; safeguarding
  The final Munro Report recommended councils looks at new 'gate-keeping' methods in children's social care. The Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) is being piloted in Exeter. This model is thought to solve the problems brought up in almost every si...
• Paperwork is not social work
  on Aug 29, 2011 in social workers; time management; administration; data entry; transport; strategic consult and c; Charlotte Pearson
  GP's don't book their own appointments, so why are social workers doing tasks more suited to other staff? What can be done to cut the administrative burden? Have your say ... Data entry Taking minutes Arranging transport Tackling and admin overlo...
• How can professionals identify behaviour indicating young people are at risk of sexual explotation?
  on Aug 29, 2011 in abuse; explotation; chidlren; young people; mobile phone; secretive; behaviour; mood swings; online
  Mobile Phones: Increase in phone use or secretive use Unexplained phone credit or new phone Cars: Being picked up or dropped off in cars by unknown adults Speaking about car journeys with unknown adults Sexualised behaviour: Inappropriate sexuali...

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