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Sector bodies call for clarity over social workers position in Covid-19 vaccination priority list

Sector bodies call for clarity over social workers’ position in Covid-19 vaccination priority list Calls come amid concern AMHPs might be bumped down the list due to a lack of understanding about the role Photo: hedgehog94/Adobe Stock Story updated 11 January Sector bodies are calling for clarity over the position of social workers on the government’s Covid-19 vaccination priority list, with particular concern over when higher-risk groups like approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) will be immunised. While frontline health and social care workers are in the second priority group – and frontline care home staff in the first – social workers are not mentioned by name in any government guidance, leading to concerns over when practitioners will be vaccinated.

Number of looked-after children continuing to rise on eve of Covid

Number of looked-after children continuing to rise on eve of Covid Latest figures show 2% rise from 2019-20 in care population, taking it to over 80,000 in England, amid sharpened focus on systemic pressures and growing clamour for government care review Photo: Detailblick-Foto/Fotolia The number of looked-after children in England was continuing its year-on-year rise on the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic, Department for Education figures show. The number of children in care reached 80,080 in March 2020 – up 2% on the previous year – with the rate of looked-after children rising to 67 per 10,000 children – up from 64 in 2018 and 60 in 2015, the DfE figures showed. However, for the third consecutive year, the number of children starting to be looked-after during the year fell, with 30,970 entering the system in 2019-20, down 3% from the 31,770 in 2018-19 and a peak of 32,940 in 2016-17. Andy Elvin, chief executive of fostering and adoption provider TACT, said this suggeste

Family Law Week: Number of looked after children at 31 March 2020 increased by 2 per cent on a year ago

Family Law Week: Number of looked after children at 31 March 2020 increased by 2 per cent on a year ago
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