Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Social Work at the Movies

Here is a link to the trailer for Jim Loach's film Oranges and Sunshine, about a Nottingham social worker's investigation of the forced migration of UK childen to Australia, and her work to release information leading to the reuniting of separated families. The film opens in the UK on 1st April.

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Munro Interim Report pulished

The second report to come out of the Munro review of child protection, Interim report : Munro, E. (2011)the child's journey, set up in the wake of the Baby P serious case reviews, was published yesterday. In this report Professor Munro's report outlines where the child protection system needs reform and calls for children's needs to be in the forefront of consideration rather than meeting managerial targets and compliance with bureaucracy which have hindered social workers in using their professional judgement. The report also recommends making it easier for other agancies to access social workers for advice and improving the system of serious case review to enable greater information sharing and learning nationally in such cases.
Also reported on in the Guardian, 1 January 2011.