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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Government readvertises chief social worker post at higher salary

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    Shadow minister for social care Andrew Gwynne at the 2024 ADASS Spring Seminar

    Adults, Social work leaders

    Labour still committed to cap on care costs, shadow minister tells sector leaders

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders

    Free Loaves on Fridays: 100 care experienced children and adults tell their story

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    The word 'assets' spelt out in a jigsaw

    Adults, Social work leaders

    Making a reality of asset-based practice in social care

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    The word 'recruit' spelt out

    Children, Workforce

    Home Office has doubled social worker numbers in its age assessment service over past year

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    Adults, Children

    Master the Mental Capacity Act with the help of leading legal experts

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    Workforce

    AMHPs to take two weeks’ continuous strike action in grading dispute

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    Choose Social Work, Workforce

    ‘I wouldn’t be here without them’: the power of workplace friendships in social work

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    Children

    One in ten children known to social care missing half of school time, reveals DfE data

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘A kick in the teeth’: DfE axes social work leadership training scheme

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    Barnet social workers represented by UNISON on the picket line

    Workforce

    Firm pulls out of providing service for council that union claims would have broken social work strike

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    Workforce

    Improving public perception of social work requires positive media exposure, say practitioners

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    ADCS president for 2024-25, Andy Smith

    Children, Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘The power of social work has shaped who I am’ – ADCS’s new care experienced president

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    Adults, Inform Adults

    Assistive technology and dementia: practice tips

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    A practice educator or social work manager talking to a student

    Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘Why practice education research must be catalyst for tackling longstanding issues facing role’

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Overcoming the barriers to contact between siblings separated by the care system

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