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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘Massive’ cut in care population is key success measure for DfE reforms, says chief social worker

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Minority ethnic social care staff face disproportionately high levels of bullying and disciplinaries – study

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Non-statutory placements make up over half of provision for students in Scotland, report reveals

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    Workforce

    ‘Even though you’re not here anymore, you still influence my passion for social work’

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    Children, Social work leaders

    40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

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    Workforce

    Social workers expecting ‘significant cuts’ to social care funding over coming year

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    DoLS: older people routinely having rights breached because of failure to tackle ‘huge’ backlog, warns charity

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    Workforce

    AMHPs to stage walkout as social work strike action hits sixth council within a year

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    Workforce

    Social work in Wales: how student numbers have grown following bursary boost

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Fitness to practise delays set to rise further due to Social Work England budget pressures

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    Workforce

    Social workers to take nine more weeks of strike action as talks fail to resolve dispute

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Councils urged to test social work early career framework

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    Adults, Workforce

    Care home nursing fee gets 7.4% boost in ‘win for sector’

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    Workforce

    Is unions’ 2024-25 pay claim for social workers up to scratch??

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

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