Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(15)
This paper describes a six-year large scale implementation of the Signs of Safety practise framework in a complex statutory child protection context in Western Australia.
There were also the first iterations of what was to become the national Working Together statutory child protection guidance for all who work with children.
This means that there are fewer alternative courses of action to support children and young people than just statutory child protection services.
The scheme would affect children placed in voluntary care and the council will still pay for statutory child protection, adoption services and for services for young offenders and those involved in anti-social behaviour.
For 13 years before I became an academic, I was a practitioner and manager in statutory child and family social work and I missed it enormously when I left.
Kids Company, and particularly its chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh, have been resolutely critical of statutory child protection social work, arguing that Kids Company "essentially mops up the mess social services fail to deal with".
Similar(45)
Another council – Sandwell – has been ordered by the government to contract out its statutory children's social work services.
In essence, it is a report on how to promote the marketisation and potential commercialisation of statutory children's social services.
Projects and services that depend on the hard work of volunteers have been successfully collaborating with statutory children's services for many years.
Within weeks of the select committee's report, another council was told to transfer its statutory children's services to an independent trust.
After such a damning documentary, why on earth would anyone to choose to work in statutory children's services at this time?
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com