A social worker said racism she encounters was like “death by a thousand cuts”. Jade Forbes, who is black, said the workplace bigotry she experienced had affected her mental health. Read the full...
Concerns are mounting for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers living in accommodation provided by the Home Office as the government ramps up its Operation Maximise exercise to “cram” more people into hotel rooms. A Guardian...
The education system is blighted by “greater competition between individual schools” which is “coming at the expense of inclusion”, a new paper by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) is...
by Suzanne Perry, i-HOP There are an estimated 200,000 children with a parent in prison in the UK[1]. There are even more who are affected by a parent or loved one’s involvement in other aspects of the criminal justice...
I quit my job working for a homelessness charity to live abroad for six years. Since my return in 2015 I have been doing agency work for a housing association as a floating support worker, and I’m shocked by how much...
There has been a 300% increase in the number of victims of modern slavery referred for support in the past six years, and a huge increase in the number of men from Vietnam trafficked to work in illegal cannabis farms...
There can be few people in social work better prepared than Professor Alexis Jay to lead the mammoth Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which started evidence hearings this week. Recounting the early days...
A generation of children will enter adulthood with mental health problems unless government takes urgent action to address the “shockingly poor” state of children’s mental health services...
I was struck by the irony behind three different news stories all reported on Monday July 20th 2015 and a common thread of children’s rights that implicitly linked them. Firstly, key messages to be delivered in...
Britain has made great strides towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality since the turn of the century. We have gone from being the country with the largest number of anti-gay laws to...
The UK has been accused of providing “inadequate” protection of children’s rights after it fell dramatically in global rankings for child rights within a year, from 11th to 156th. Serious concerns have been raised about...
It is getting harder for vulnerable children to receive the support they need, with the level at which they are deemed to qualify for services rising in recent years as a result of ongoing financial pressures, research...
Not enough is being done to prevent domestic abuse and address the impact it has on children, Ofsted has warned. A report on the way agencies respond to children living with domestic abuse found that social workers, the...
