BBC News - Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted www.bbc.com/news/article...

After 50 Years of ‘Protocolization’, What Is the Progress Towards Munro's Image of a More Flexible, Innovative and ‘Child‐Centred’ English Child Protection System? - Murphy - Child & Family Social Work - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is such an important initiative, and I'm proud to support it. Flossie and the other claimants need £500k to fund the legal challenge. They have started a crowdfunding page here www.crowdjustice.com/case/ban-sma... Please donate if you can and share widely youtu.be/n1pD25JOd5g?...

This is what a hero looks like. Thoughts and prayers with Samir and his family.

Source: The Guardian search.app/47T6S

The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed | The Independent share.google/S78sbvEQv2mP...

Dr Ciarán Murphy talking about his pathway into the “family business” of #childprotection #socialwork and his passion for this work

Ricky Hatton Memorial: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002l4x4 via @bbciplayer

UK poverty crisis laid bare as 500,000 children living in families trapped in benefits debt cycle | The Independent share.google/2Tk1oV5MNlJt...

£500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers - GOV.UK share.google/tAIV3GsjMBKF...

The Guardian view on child poverty: the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap can’t come soon enough | Editorial | The Guardian share.google/CeVJo6hjTzmM...

Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’ | Covid inquiry | The Guardian share.google/8QIXieLTIxuZ...

Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower | Internet safety | The Guardian share.google/adtPoecvBt9I...

With a third of women who died during, or just after, pregnancy, known to social care, charity Birth Companions is looking to improve the care they get

If you are interested in #socialwork and #socialworkeducation then you might like to read this article we wrote, with @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social, which was published in Community Care this week: www.geese.co.uk/news/article...

Unforgettable Ricky Hatton turned boxing into a spectacle for his vast army of fans | Ricky Hatton | The Guardian share.google/fpy44gPT47BW...

'Bridging the theory-practice divide: how theatre can enhance social work education' - Community Care share.google/4qOlav4aF9HF...

Devestated to learn this. One of the greatest sportsman and Mancunians of my generation. The most popular British boxer ever. A gentleman and peoples champion. Rip Hitman www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2... Ricky Hatton dead: Boxing champion Ricky Hatton found dead aged 46 - latest updates - BBC News

BBC News - Cost of children's homes doubles but care can be poor, says report www.bbc.com/news/article...

Stretford Memorial Hospital, Seymour Grove, c.1930s (Trafford Local Studies). Originally a private house, became Red Cross hospital in WW1, then maternity hospital 1925. I was born there 30 years later (one year before Joy Division's Ian Curtis). Closed 2015.

BBC News - Union group urges Reeves to consider wealth taxes www.bbc.com/news/article...

'How DfE reforms undermine independence of child protection conference chair role' - Community Care share.google/2GAZmNbwsKS3...

Corporal punishment carries ‘multiple risks’ to children’s health, says WHO | Global development | The Guardian share.google/yIHPxbjSWbOH...

Psychiatrists point to the ‘detrimental effects’ of smacking | The Independent share.google/TNvIYyUPtw1H...

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza | Ahmed Kamal Junina | The Guardian share.google/TemB9d4qc1C5...

In response to Eileen Munro's critique of the government's children's social care reforms, a group of social workers and managers have their say

Safety and beyond? Exploring children's priorities for their participation in the child protection and welfare process www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor, near Sheffield, for community. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children | Online abuse | The Guardian share.google/5u87MexJaMJL...

Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Full article: Exploring the contrasting sources of stress and job satisfaction across three different areas of UK statutory social work www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

COASTAL SOCIAL WORKERS WANTED! 🏖️⛵️ We are still looking for social workers (or former SWs) with experience of working in coastal communities in England for our research project. If that's you, please get in touch (or pass on to colleagues). [email protected]

Moss Side, Manchester, 1972, photo by Martin Parr. My nan lived in Moss Side.

Social workers echo Munro warnings over children's social care reforms - Community Care www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/07/25/s...

‘I Do Not Feel Great About It, but It Was the Logical Decision’—An Exploration of Why England's Agency Social Workers Have Left Permanent Child Protection Roles - Murphy - Child & Family Social Work - Wiley Online Library share.google/fOfMvRBeENSC...

Non-social work staff lack confidence in managing risk in child in need cases, finds evaluation - Community Care share.google/crlIIUKiGMYt...

Minister apologises to generation of UK children exposed to toxic online content | Internet safety | The Guardian share.google/4Dw53M3Wdsb7...

By ignoring the 96% of respondents against the fee increase, Social Work England has shown what has always been true, its approach to consultation is performative at best. I wrote about this in 2022 (full article open access @AotearoaJ): anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...

NHS cuts could lead to another Baby P or Victoria Climbie as safeguarding staff face axe, doctors warn | The Independent share.google/u4fpNce4OeQV...

Secondary schools in England to tackle ‘incel’ culture and teach positive role models | Relationships and sex education | The Guardian share.google/kt10L4QisedZ...