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Munro review - the final report
In June last year, the Department for Education commissioned Professor Eileen Munro to carry out a comprehensive review of child protection in England. She published two interim papers: Part One in October 2010, and the Interim Report in January 2011.
The final report, which was published in May 2011 was welcomed by the GSCC as a report which tackles head-on some of the difficult realities of frontline social work practice.
Professor Munro’s analysis finds that local areas should have more freedom to design their own child protection services and that a ‘one-size-fits-all approach’ to child protection is preventing local areas from focusing on the needs of the child. The report also focuses on reducing bureaucracy in children’s services in favour of increased use of professional judgement and expertise.
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PQ Case Study
Paul Lawrence has almost finished the PQ Advanced Level and MA in Professional Education and Training in Human Services (PETHS) at Kingston University. He is the Practice Development and Learning Officer (Children’s Social Care) for the London Borough of Merton.
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Mental health training in social work degree not adequate
The GSCC’s recent poll in Social Work Connections explored the adequacy of the Social Work Degree in addressing mental health awareness, and whether this equips you to support people who have mental health problems.
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Who would be a social worker?
During the month of May, Radio 4 ran a three-part series following final year social work students at Birmingham University from the lecture theatre to their first jobs in mental health, hospice care and frontline child protection.
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