Rich Pickings In Foster Care

March 23, 2013
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In January the Financial Times carried a piece about the investment potential for private companies seeking to invest in foster care. Entitled Fostering Sector Ripe For Consolidation, it begins in seductive fashion not with high finance or balance sheets but with the personal experience of carers who are clearly dedicated to the disabled child they look after. They […]

Posted in: children, social care, social work, Uncategorized

Can research save the NHS ?

March 17, 2013
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This week it has emerged that thousands of deaths in the NHS may have been prevented if only people had taken notice of the figures on mortality rates in various failing hospitals, Mid Staffs being just one of them. The most shocking part of this piece of news on the BBC  Website is that people in powerful enough […]

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Quashing the child protection investigation: self-serving or breaching the dam?

March 16, 2013
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Yesterday I posted on our case of AB & Anor, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Haringey [2013] EWHC 416 (Admin) (13 March 2013). I said, “I want to focus for now, in two posts, on two criticisms that have inevitably been made about our challenge to Haringey. In doing so, […]

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Posted in: children, human rights, legal, social work

Data-gathering: damned if we do, damned if we don’t?

March 15, 2013
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[I realise I haven’t posted for a while, but given that the widely reported case yesterday where Haringey was ordered to pay human rights compensation for an unlawful child protection enquiry was our case, it might be surprising if I had nothing to say! In fact, there is a lot to say here about good […]

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The Casual Cruelty of the Bedroom Tax

March 4, 2013
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I recently spoke to a mother who was being hit by the Bedroom Tax. Because her son spends part of the week with her and part of the week at Dad’s, his bedroom in her home was declared a spare room. I was so appalled I asked her how this came about. This is her […]

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Posted in: children, human rights, politics

Twitter Drama Bingo

March 2, 2013
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Those of you who follow me on Twitter (@thus_spake_z if you’re interested) may have noticed me compiling a Twitter Drama Bingo card. I had too much fun doing it not to share it here. EDIT: Following feedback from others, I’ve now expanded it to a 6×5 grid, which is bingo fans will note is slightly […]

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Who you can and can't trust when hiring a psychotherapist

March 2, 2013
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Reblogged from The World of Mentalists: Many people find it helpful to talk to a psychotherapist. However, NHS provision of talking therapies can be patchy, and has been hit by the cuts. For that reason some people have found themselves paying out of their own pocket to see a therapist. But how do you know […]

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