27% of local authority foster carers are kinship carers. It really is time for a kinship care strategy that recognises, values and supports all kinship children and their carers.

Shamima Begum is a British citizen who was brainwashed and trafficked as a fifteen year old to Syria. She lost three children in an Isis ‘marriage’. She should be allowed home, have her citizenship restored and be rehabilitated with her family.

We need men and boys to see through a girl’s eyes. Once they see what it means to face sexual harassment every day, they can stop it #WhiteRibbonDay orlo.uk/A8e4B

Football doesn't cause #DomesticAbuse but it can heighten existing abuse. We know there is a carry-on effect with abuse still at an 11% increase the day after an England match. If you need support today, our live chat is open 10am-6pm on weekends 👉 lght.ly/a4e9d0h

The government has written off £8.7 billion in PPE that can't be used or was bought at inflated prices – almost exactly the same cost as the pay rise for nurses that the government says it cannot afford.

Riz Ahmed nails it…“where are you really from?”

A great many of us have tremendous respect and love for Remembering Ian Dickson. We're honoured to be able to publish his reflections on 70 years of the care system: article39.org.uk/a-ladder-to-th… Sue Dickson 💙

Been thinking so much about Remembering Ian Dickson 💔 Sharing these important messages again from the conference that Ian organised. What a legacy 💔

Dear British Press, There is nothing in Prince Harry’s autobiography as scandalous as the implosion of our NHS. So please report on the things which are actually important Thanks Rob (a non spare a&e Dr) (Please retweet if you would like the press to change their focus)

Still no government response or consultation on the #MacAlisterReview- yet seems things are very much in motion. Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler listed as chair of the "National Practice Group" with oversight inc. Early Career Framework for SW. 1/10 gov.uk/government/peo…

Frontline have launched another new programme as they continue to colonise the social work profession in England. This new one for "early stage" social workers. Its free but only Frontline graduates need apply. Some interesting network links. A short🧵1/6 thefrontline.org.uk/step-forward-p…

This is an example of problematic philanthropy/saviourism. A politically connected and wealthy family's money is going to directly influence the training undertaken by social workers, through making this specific option free in a (sadly) market driven sector. 5/6.

An utterly devastating and shaming judgment from the President of the family division on the dire plight of our most vulnerable and disturbed children, who need a secure placement, put simply, to save their lives. There aren't nearly enough. And the government doesn't care.

It’s not in the news but last night 292 Conservatives voted to ensure that sewage can be dumped for the next 15 years. And it’s not on a single front page.

We've known siblings whose actions protected their other siblings from serious harm. Who then faced a childhood never to see them again..How is that conceivable? It's not healing..

So the latest Prevent strategy statistics have been released, and I'll do a full thread about them next week but for now, there are some glaring things we need to note: 🧵

What the absolute hell is this NHS England Home Office #victimblaming in any form is unacceptable & we must eradicate it - I really did not expect this from the #NHS How about this instead: "Three in Three Reported Rapes Happen When A Man Chooses to Rape"

The noisy minority of social workers who view people that need support with the smirking contempt of 'Maisie' here cause untold damage to trust in the profession. People & their needs aren't unwanted 'cases' or fuel for your risible, oppressive 'humour'. mysocialworknews.com/article/the-be…