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Action urged over social workers’ loads

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Action urged over social workers’ loads

High drop-out rates among England’s social workers must be tackled urgently as they grapple with the pressure of increasing workloads, MPs say.

The Commons Education Committee says the government has not addressed the “endemic retention problems” in the profession.

Its report highlights how the vacancy rate has grown by a quarter since 2014, leaving 17% of jobs unfilled in 2015.

The government said it was investing to improve the quality of social work.

The average career in social work lasts less than eight years, compared to 16 for a nurse and 25 for a doctor.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36766588

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

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Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000. Figures published by the charity, garnered from 38 police forces across England and Wales, found that during 2015/16 the internet was used in 3,186 sexual offences against children. Out of these, 272 victims of sexual offences were under 10 years old – the youngest victim was a one year old baby.

The government has announced new funding for safe places for people in mental health crisis

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The government has announced new funding for safe places for people in mental health crisis. The £15 million fund will help to provide health and community based places of safety to prevent vulnerable people being held in police cells (includes making existing places of safety suitable for people aged 18 and under). The 23 priority areas where the use of police cells is amongst the highest will be invited to bid for funding.
Source: Department of Health and Home Office  08 May 2016

Source: CASPAR

The government has launched a consultation on proposals to make changes to the childcare disqualification arrangements in England

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The government has launched a consultation on proposals to make changes to the childcare disqualification arrangements in England. This sets out three separate options for changing the arrangements in schools and non-domestic registered settings. Deadline for responses is 1 July 2016.
Source: Department for Education 06 May 2016

Ofsted has published statistics on looked after children placements by English local authorities as at 31 March 2015.

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Ofsted has published statistics on looked after children placements by English local authorities as at 31 March 2015. Key findings include: there were 69,310 children and young people looked after by 151 English local authorities as at 31 March 2015. This was an increase of 756 children, or 1%, on the previous year (68,554).
Source: Children’s social care statistics  10 May 2016
Further information:
Children looked after placements by English local authorities (PDF)

Source: CASPAR

The NSPCC reports that new figures from ChildLine reveal a rise in the number of schoolchildren worried about exams

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The NSPCC reports that new figures from ChildLine reveal a rise in the number of schoolchildren worried about exams. ChildLine carried out 3,077 counselling sessions about exam stress to young people last year, a rise of 9 per cent on 2014/15. ChildLine has launched a new video featuring advice and tips for managing exam stress

Ditch the Label has published its annual bullying survey for 2016

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Ditch the Label has published its annual bullying survey for 2016. Key findings include: 1.5 million young people (50%) have been bullied within the past year; 24% of those who have been bullied go on to bully; 44% of young people who have been bullied experience depression.
Source: Ditch the label  19 April 2016
Further information:
Annual Bullying Survey 2016

Children in care homes ‘excessively criminalised’

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Children in care homes ‘excessively criminalised’
Children living in care homes are “excessively criminalised” compared with other boys and girls, campaigners have said.
The study said looked after children in all forms of care were being criminalised at a much higher rate than other youngsters. In 2013-14, 6% of looked after children aged 10 to 17 had been convicted or subject to a final warning or reprimand, compared to around 1% of non-looked after children,
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The Children’s Society has published a report on improving identification and disclosure of sexual exploitation among boys and young men trafficked to the UK

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The Children’s Society has published a report on improving identification and disclosure of sexual exploitation among boys and young men trafficked to the UK. Key points raised include: boys and young men who are sexually exploited are unlikely to receive appropriate care and support due to lack of awareness; disclosure of sexual exploitation may not be full or direct; more training for frontline staff and practitioners is needed.
Source: Childrens Society 22 March 2016
Further information:
Boys Don’t Cry (PDF)  22 March 2016
   Children & Young People Now 22 March 2016

Source: CASPAR