Social work is at a crossroads. As the next election cycle begins, the country’s social workers are caught between two completely different visions of their profession. One is based on the ideal of a democratic…
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You might assume that social work, as one of Australia’s oldest and well-established caring professions, needn’t worry about its future. You’d be wrong. Far-reaching changes to organisational culture and…
It seems there is an emerging cross-party consensus on the need to change the criminal law on child neglect in this country. The most recent manifestation of this new consensus are new proposals to criminalise…
The serious case review into the deaths of the six children who died in a house fire started by their parents Mick and Mairead Philpott has concluded that their deaths “could not have been predicted or…
Michael Gove has taken aim at social workers and called for a major rethink of how they approach their work. According to the education secretary, social workers are often trained to see those they work…
Whether it’s keeping us safe, teaching us to add up, looking after children at risk or helping delinquents mend their ways - police officers, school teachers, social workers and probation officers affect…
The federal government’s assessment of its compulsory income management trial in Greater Shepparton has not provided sufficient…
The horrific neglect and subsequent death of Daniel Pelka at the hands of his mother and step-father raises a number of questions about safeguarding procedures and practice. We are told teachers were concerned…
Social workers have one of the most difficult jobs to do. Imagine juggling several cases involving children at risk in their own home at the same time - and making decisions that could affect those children…
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PhD Researcher - Safeguarding Young People, University of East London
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Associate Supervisor in Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Huddersfield
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Director, Violence and Society Research Group and Professor of Surgery, Cardiff University
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Professor of Child Protection Research, University of Kent
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Chair of the Child Protection Research Centre, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Human Serivces and Social Work, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Social Work, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Social Work, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Social work, University of Huddersfield
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Senior Lecturer Social Work, Teesside University
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Senior Lecturer of Social Work, Buckinghamshire New University
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Griffith University
