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Adults, Children, Workforce

Review of social work teams among £370m in savings plans set out by Birmingham

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Adults, Children

‘State of crisis’ for domestic abuse services because of cuts, warns commissioner

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of agency social workers up 25% year on year in adults’ services

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mounting demand for AMHPs and unmet need masked by fall in number of detentions, say leads

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Problem gambling: how to recognise the warning signs

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UNISON vice president Julia Mwaluke on the picket line with Barnet UNISON strikers

Adults, Workforce

Social workers re-balloted on striking after 27 days of action leaves pay dispute unresolved

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social worker numbers hit record high on back of funding rise

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Adults, Workforce

Mental health trust ignored staff concerns for years before Panorama exposed abuse, finds review

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An older couple poring over their finances

Adults, Social work leaders

More people face self-funding care as means-testing thresholds frozen for 14th consecutive year

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Elaine James, with her social justice advocate award at the 2023 Social Worker of the Year Awards ceremony

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

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Wall collage made by mothers at Jasmine Mother's Recovery Centre, including images of mothers and children, the words 'drug free', 'hard work' and 'safe place for kids;

Adults, Children, Inform Children

‘We’re not bad mums’: inside the rehab centre giving women a chance to keep their children

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

400 additional social work apprenticeships on cards as councils invited to bid for £12m fund

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Adults, Workforce

‘Hectic is the life of a social worker’: what research reveals about practice with older people

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act detention numbers fall for second year but significant racial inequalities persist

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures

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How to communicate with people who are deafblind

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