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#SWSCmedia Summary of Student Debate: “What do Students want from their Universities and Lecturers?” @SWSCmedia on 26-Feb-2012

Thank you for participating in our “Student Debate” and sharing your views on what students want from their universities and lecturers. This debate was Co-Chaired by three of our Tweeteraties and Twitter Ambassadors: @sasemwills & @ManishaMahen & @lillieputian. Below is the summary of the debate however, there are tweets that did not have the hashtag … Continue reading

#SWSCmedia Summary of Student Debate: "Are Students Ready for Social Work Leadership?" @SWSCmedia on 19-Feb-2012

Thank you for participating in our “Student Debate” and sharing your views on whether students are ready for social work leadership. This was our Inaugural “Student Debate” and was Co-Chaired by three of our wonderful Tweeteraties and Twitter Ambassadors: @sasemwills & @ManishaMahen & @lillieputian. The debate was so successful and lively that we exceeded our … Continue reading

#SWSCmedia Summary of Student Debate: “Are Students Ready for Social Work Leadership?” @SWSCmedia on 19-Feb-2012

Thank you for participating in our “Student Debate” and sharing your views on whether students are ready for social work leadership. This was our Inaugural “Student Debate” and was Co-Chaired by three of our wonderful Tweeteraties and Twitter Ambassadors: @sasemwills & @ManishaMahen & @lillieputian. The debate was so successful and lively that we exceeded our … Continue reading

An Interview with Annie Hudson Director of Children and Young People's Services at Bristol Council

SWSCmedia:  What made you decide to do this programme with BBC? Annie Hudson:  We were approached by the BBC in autumn 2009 about doing a follow-up to ‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ – a similar documentary by the same team that broadcast in 2004.  A lot had changed since then with the Baby P case … Continue reading

An Interview with Annie Hudson Director of Children and Young People’s Services at Bristol Council

SWSCmedia:  What made you decide to do this programme with BBC? Annie Hudson:  We were approached by the BBC in autumn 2009 about doing a follow-up to ‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ – a similar documentary by the same team that broadcast in 2004.  A lot had changed since then with the Baby P case … Continue reading

#SWSCmedia Debate Summary for 14-Feb-2012 – #ChildProtection Debate

Thank you everyone for participating in our #ChildProtection debate last Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Below is the summary for the debate. We’re delighted to have Annie Hudson (Director of Children and Young People Services) @BristolCouncil as our guest for our debate on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 when we … Continue reading

Every Child: Connecting the Local and International and Making a Difference in Children's Lives – by: Anna Feuchtwang

There are at least 24 million children around the world living without parental care. As far as we know.  More shocking is that we don’t know for sure how many children there are without parental care because in many countries there isn’t a reliable way of counting. The numbers are certainly much larger than the … Continue reading

Every Child: Connecting the Local and International and Making a Difference in Children’s Lives – by: Anna Feuchtwang

There are at least 24 million children around the world living without parental care. As far as we know.  More shocking is that we don’t know for sure how many children there are without parental care because in many countries there isn’t a reliable way of counting. The numbers are certainly much larger than the … Continue reading

Engaging with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work – by: Prof. Brian Littlechild

How do we   best go about  engaging  with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work? From the evidence of recent Serious Case Reviews (SCRs), this could be seen as  one of the most difficult   parts of  social work practice. Findings from SCRs   frequently find that such avoidance and resistance in parents is a key … Continue reading

Child Protection in Court – Countering Oppressive Practice – Opinion piece by: Sasha Williams

“Oppressive: Adj: Of the nature of or characterised by cruel or unjust exercise of authority or power; unreasonably harsh; tyrannical. weighing heavily on the mind, spirits or senses; depressing.” (Shorter Oxford Dictionary, 1993) Is child protection practice oppressive or helpful?  CAFCASS announced this week that the number of care applications in a single month had … Continue reading

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