March 2017

Children in poorest areas almost 10 times more likely to go into care

New research has revealed that children living in the UK’s poorest neighbourhoods are over 10 times more likely to be taken into care or placed on a...

Social work self-evaluations to be shared with Ofsted

Ofsted has announced that it will pilot a scheme in which councils send them audits of frontline social work practice, under a new inspection regime. ...