and ridden byjoe fanning. 0ne match in rugby league s super league this evening with champions st helens, who are second on the table at home to fourth placed warrington. warrington were winners over saints in both the cup and a league game last season. at the moment, it is currently 6 2. don t forget the third men s golf major of the year, san diego after an early delay due to fog, coverage on five live sports extra from 10pm, but for all the latest so far, head to the bbc sport website. and that is your sport for now, i will be back with more a bit later. the number of children in care in england has risen by a quarter in the last decade to more than 80,000, but an independent review has found that social services are too often focused on investigating struggling families, when they should be providing them with support. the number of inquiries into whether a child is at risk of significant harm has more
news, hertfordshire. thank you so much forjoining us, the national director of the association for social workers. it is a pleasure to be here, in terms of the report, certainly highlight some of the critical issues facing show so workers and local authorities and other organisations. it is highlighted the underfunding of children s social care for decades, highlighted the challenges of reduced services for early intervention, and i would also like to really emphasise the fantastic work the social workers, family practitioners and the workforce across social care are doing day in, day out during the day and also at night time. we have to remember this is a 20 four sevenths service. so i think the report does highlight issues that we have been advocating for as professional association, and we are extremely concerned at the
the child protection system run by councils under signifcant strain, with an increasing number of families being investigated, more children in care and costs spiralling. welcome. this is a flat for one of our young people. a key area that the review says needs to change is what it calls the broken market in children s homes. bedrooms and the bathroom further down. these flats have recently been set up by hertfordshire county council because it was so tough to find places. the idea is it s for difficult to place young people to keep them within hertfordshire. they may struggle and have struggled in the past living within a group environment, whereas here they don t have that pressure. for this 15 year old, it s made a huge difference. it s really nice. it s my favourite colours. pink, i ve got a pink wall in the kitchen. i did you get to choose those colours? yeah, it makes me feel at home. but most children s homes are privately run, costing
lack of investment in early intervention, but it is part of a collective system. this is notjust about social work, this is notjust about social work, this is notjust about children s social care, we are looking at over 650,000 referrals that are coming and the children s social care from a variety of sources. and members of the public, we must not forget that, and we urge members of the public if you re concerned about a child, to make contact. we recognise there is been a significant underfunding of social workers themselves are under incredible pressure. i workers themselves are under incredible pressure. workers themselves are under incredible pressure. i was struck by somethin: incredible pressure. i was struck by something or incredible pressure. i was struck by something or someone incredible pressure. i was struck by something or someone said - incredible pressure. i was struck by something or someone said your i something or someone said your correspondent. we have got to