People protesting austerity cuts in 2010s

Workforce

Social work in the 2010s: surviving a decade of austerity

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Adults, Workforce

Fall in number of personal assistants ‘a significant concern’, warns sector body

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Government confirms backing for family help model initiated by Conservatives

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Employment Rights Bill: government to create body to set adult social care pay and conditions

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of overseas care recruits plummets as report highlights sector’s reliance on them

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Local government pay offer for Scotland will be implemented despite planned strike

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Jahnine Davis

Children, Social work leaders

Adultification bias expert appointed national kinship care ambassador

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Children, Workforce

DfE agency rules will have no impact on locum use, say social workers

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Adults, Social work leaders

Overdue £22m adult social care innovation funding ‘risks disappearing’, warns charity

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Workforce

Podcast: celebrating a long career in social work

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Social work leaders, Workforce

8% of social workers had completed key registration tasks by end of first month of renewal period

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Workforce

AI could be time-saving for social workers but needs regulation, say sector bodies

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Young black man and woman, who is a wheelchair user, talking in a hotel lobby

Children, Social work leaders

Self-reported disability rate among care leavers double that recorded by councils, finds research

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Half of councils given funding to recruit adult social work apprentices

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Workforce

The social work assistant who became ‘the glue that holds the team together’

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Workforce

Social Work England will not review sample of CPD records following current registration renewal period

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