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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Proposed mandatory child abuse reporting law ‘a waste of printer’s ink’, campaigners warn

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Council staff offered ‘full and final’ £1,290 pay rise for 2024-25

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Workforce

Social workers reject council offer to settle dispute after more than 40 days of strike action

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Children

How effective is information sharing in child protection cases?

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Adults, Children, Inform Adults, Inform Children

Working with Gypsy and Traveller communities: tips for positive practice

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers doing more with less, seeing increased need and weighed down by admin, finds health check

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Adults, Social work leaders

Ten years of the Care Act 2014: ‘the right legislation, undermined by a lack of funding’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social work price caps will not come into force until spring 2025

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Workforce

Council staff in Scotland face real-terms pay cut, warns union as it prepares strike consultation

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils invited to sign up to scheme to highlight racial inequalities in social care workforce

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Care minister Helen Whately

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Revised MCA code of practice ‘still under discussion’ two years after consultation on changes

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Workforce

Social Care Online library closes after almost 20 years

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DHSC launches £16m fund to tackle exploitation of overseas care staff

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Adults, Children

How effective are case reviews in improving safeguarding practice?

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers from 22 bodies to develop resources to cut workloads

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Workforce

Social work across the decades: the Maria Colwell inquiry

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