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Article: Investigators at Queen's University publish new data on child & family social work.
- Article from:
- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- November 14, 2009
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"One of the key lessons learnt in the UK from the Laming Inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie was the importance of social workers developing consistent and long-term relationships with young children in whose lives they are involved," scientists in North Ireland report.
"This issue is now informing policy developments, including the proposed Social Work Practices which, based on a similar model to General Practitioner practices, aim to provide a lead professional to act as a parental figure and an advocate for every child in care. This paper begins by confirming the importance of developing relationships between social workers and young children, but ...