About Luke Stevenson

Luke Stevenson is Community Care’s children’s social care journalist

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Workforce

Social worker seeks removal from register after saying job had ‘negative’ impact on him

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Children, Workforce

Reflective supervision ‘impacting positively’ on social work in ‘good’ council

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Children, Workforce

Social workers in improving council ‘do not always have the level of skills and experience required’, Ofsted finds

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Children, Workforce

Ofsted praises improving council ‘purposefully’ tackling social worker workloads

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Children

‘Small team structure’ helping keep on top of social work caseloads in council, inspectors say

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Workforce

Social worker named chief executive of new social work regulator

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Children

Four challenges for social workers working with affluent families

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confidential

Workforce

Caution for social worker who breached confidentiality during ‘difficult personal circumstances’

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Workforce

£3.1 million contract to train 700 social work practice supervisors awarded

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Children

Children’s services shouldn’t ‘add to awfulness’ by unnecessarily removing children, social workers told

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Children, Workforce

Social worker training on transgender issues is ‘largely deficient’

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Workforce

Most local authorities to train social workers through apprenticeships

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Children

Inspectors praise impact of awards and ‘cakes and compliments’ initiatives for social workers

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Workforce

High retention rates among Step Up graduates despite ‘clinical levels of stress’

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Workforce

Frontline social work training costs ‘excellent value for money’, minister told

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Children

Inspectors rate children’s service where poor referrals were ‘overloading’ social workers ‘inadequate’

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