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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 6d

Children in care should have choice of where and with whom they live, says MacAlister - Community Care

Children's minister Josh MacAlister says giving children placement choice would require having 'lots of excess foster carers'

£500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 7d

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

Government invests £500 million into first ever fair pay agreement in major milestone for care worker pay.

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

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 7d

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...

Editorial: Extra services for poorer families are welcome, but real progress requires the raising of incomes

Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 8d

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

Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools

Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 12d

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

Meta rejects review findings, which claim two-thirds of new features designed to protect young people are ‘woefully ineffective’

'The high death rate of mothers involved with children's social care shows we need a new approach' - Community Care

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Community Care @community-care.bsky.social · 18d

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

Article published in Community Care magazine - Geese Theatre Company

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Geese Theatre Company @geesetheatre.bsky.social · 22d

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...

Our Artistic Director, Andy, discusses our training offer for social workers

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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 23d

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

Unforgettable Ricky Hatton turned boxing into a spectacle for his vast army of fans

The ‘Hitman’ was extraordinary in his fleeting prime with his career bringing adoration and the demons of fame

'Bridging the theory-practice divide: how theatre can enhance social work education' - Community Care

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 23d

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

By enabling social workers and students to experience real-world scenarios, theatre-based learning can help prepare them for practice

Boxing champion Ricky Hatton found dead aged 46

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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 24d

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
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Ricky Hatton dead: Boxing champion Ricky Hatton found dead aged 46 - latest updates - BBC News

Tributes pour in for the Stockport-born boxer.

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Cost of place in children’s care homes in England hits almost £320,000 a year

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

Private firms’ profits soar, watchdog says, as prices nearly double in five years

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Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26d

‘Five Houses’ Farage has a certain ring. And he owns, or has claimed to own, all of them. Which is four more than Angela Rayner does…
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A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.

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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

BBC News - Cost of children's homes doubles but care can be poor, says report
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Cost of children's homes doubles but care can be poor

Huge sums spent on children's residential care in England do not represent value for money, says spending watchdog.

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Union group urges Rachel Reeves to consider wealth taxes

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 4

BBC News - Union group urges Reeves to consider wealth taxes
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TUC boss Paul Nowak says the chancellor should not take "anything off the table" ahead of November Budget.

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'How DfE reforms undermine independence of child protection conference chair role' - Community Care

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

Plans for lead child protection practitioners to chair conferences blur the distinction between investigation and oversight, says Amy Eyers

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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Caps on agency social worker pay show significant regional variations - Community Care

Highest paying areas have agency social work price caps up to 37% higher than lowest, show Department for Education figures

Corporal punishment carries ‘multiple risks’ to children’s health, says WHO

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.

No refugee underfunded a school.

No refugee closed a hospital.

No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.

We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

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Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 22

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

An estimated 1.2bn children are subject to this ‘harmful practice’ each year, affecting physical and mental wellbeing, report finds

Psychiatrists point to the ‘detrimental effects’ of smacking

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

Dr Ciarán Murphy @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 21

‘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...

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

'Over ambitious and risk laden': social workers share concerns about children's social care reforms - Community Care

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Community Care @community-care.bsky.social · Aug 16

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

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David Cochrane @dlgcochrane.bsky.social · Aug 12

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

Participation by children and young people is an increasingly important guiding principle in child protection policy and practice, thanks to the influ…

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