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Social workers’ guilt over unmet needs

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

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The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

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Ask the expert: ‘Help! I haven’t worked since I graduated in 2015’

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Your chance to celebrate your social work colleagues

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Supporting early career social workers: lessons from Wales

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Councils to be able to exceed agency social work price caps under planned locum rules

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‘You have lifted my spirits after a very difficult day’: how Choose Social Work has supported the sector

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Podcast: should social workers be on social media?

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

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Are social workers given adequate support after traumatic events at work?

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Social workers to take three months of strike action in pay dispute

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Anti-Racist Movement for Social Workers. Pictured left to right: Millie Kerr, professor Claudia Bernard, Shantel Thomas, Dr Carlene Firmin, Nimal Jude.

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The anti-racism movement supporting black female staff using social work techniques

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

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Third group of social workers to strike at council

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How likely are social workers to make a career change in 2024?

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Breaking barriers: Meera Spillett’s path from disabled social worker to award-winning leader

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