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Adults, Social work leaders

Unearthing ‘gold standard’ practice with unpaid carers

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How Finley Boden was returned to his parents

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Adults, Children, Workforce

A social worker’s fond goodbye to a young person

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

ADASS president: ‘If you see black women in leadership, you believe you can achieve that too’

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Adults, Social work leaders

‘Failed’ Care Act 2014 must be properly implemented in shift to ‘enabling’ adults’ services, say peers

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Social worker talking to older woman

Adults, Social work leaders

Just over half of people receiving care had review of support plan in past year, shows official data

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An older person looking stressed

Adults, Social work leaders

Carers more stressed, less able to take breaks and less supported by paid services, finds study

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Proposed Mental Health Act overhaul included in Queen’s Speech

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Adults, Social work leaders

Government reinstates cap on care costs change that cuts benefit to less well-off

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Lucy Watts and her mother

Adults, Workforce

‘When my carer fell ill, why did I have to fight for a care package that met my needs?’

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Adults

From isolation to independence: how good support can transform young adult carers’ lives

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