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18/11/2012 12:32

Social worker struck off social care register

Social worker Tricia Forbes has been removed from the social care register by the General Social Care Council. Friday 15 February 2008 14:25 Social worker Tricia Forbes has been removed from the social care register by the General Social Care Council. The conduct committee decided to...
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18/11/2012 12:26

Social worker struck off for inaction

The Guardian on Facebook Thursday 9 April 2009 Joy Coles, 55, from Leicester 'was dishonest' and did not allocate cases to be investigated   A senior social worker has been struck off the professional register for putting children at risk by failing to allocate 90 cases for...
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18/11/2012 01:47

Care Council for Wales finds social worker placed child at risk

A social worker who displayed “extremely poor judgement” in her handling of a child protection case, in which the child subsequently died, has been struck off the register. Daniel Lombard Tuesday 27 January 2009 12:38 A social worker who displayed “extremely poor judgement” in her...
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18/11/2012 01:34

Social workers question decision making of family courts

Community Care survey reveals many social workers still feel undervalued and lack confidence when giving evidence in the family courts   More than three quarters of social workers and guardians do not believe that family courts always make the right decisions for children. Just 1% of...
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18/11/2012 01:08

Social worker struck off after knife attack

  Judy Cooper Wednesday 14 November 2012 16:36 A social worker in Wales has been struck off the register following his conviction and four year imprisonment for wounding with intent during a domestic argument in March of this year. The Care Council for Wales's conduct...
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18/11/2012 00:55

Knowledge gap puts social workers at risk of breaking law

Knowledge gap puts social workers at risk of breaking law Children's social workers lack knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, meaning they could be breaching the legislation in child protection cases involving parents with learning disabilities, warn...
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18/11/2012 00:44

Doncaster Council accepts serious case review findings

Doncaster Council accepts serious case review findings Nick Jarman points to Ofsted inspections as evidence of progress The violent assault of two boys by two brothers in Edlington was a preventable incident, according to the serious case review. Doncaster's interim children's director...
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18/11/2012 00:38

Michael Gove launches damning attack on child protection system

Michael Gove launches damning attack on child protection system Social workers have become 'desensitised to squalor' and need to be more assertive with dysfunctional parents, according to Michael Gove's damning critique of the child protection system Camilla Pemberton Friday 16...
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13/11/2012 00:30

Heroin-addicted social worker struck off over cover-up of own child's abuse

A heroin-addicted social worker has been struck off after she delayed seeking medical help for her gravely injured baby and tried to cover up the fact that her partner was to blame. By Aislinn Laing 8:00AM GMT 20 Nov 2009   The woman, who is known only as Miss C to...
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13/11/2012 00:20

Paedophiles continued as social workers because of watchdog failings

Paedophiles continued as social workers because of watchdog failings Social workers who abused children were left free to carry on working because of critical failings by the watchdog in charge of them, an inquiry has found.   By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent 9:00PM...
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