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Social work leaders, Workforce

Pay now top motivator for social workers to change jobs

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Workforce

Pay deal to go through in Scotland as UNISON members give assent

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Inform Adults, Inform Children, Workforce

How CC Inform can boost your CPD and help you stay in social work

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Children

‘We must stop blaming mothers in child protection social work’

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Social work leaders, Workforce

More than half of social workers still to renew two weeks out from 30 November deadline

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Good social work basics’ key to year-on-year children’s services improvements – Ofsted

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Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

How to take action and improve the public’s perception of social work

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Workforce

Will social workers fight or accept next year’s pay offer from councils?

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise

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Adults, Inform Adults

Tips for keeping assessment processes strengths-focused

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Workforce

Gestation, Gyration: a child’s turbulent entry into the world

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Choose Social Work

‘I did not enjoy being new’: advice for young social workers

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Children, Social work leaders

15th consecutive rise in care population in England over past year, DfE data shows

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Adults, Social work leaders

Most councils rated good for adult social care in CQC pilot assessments

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Choose Social Work

Find your ‘person’ and prioritise supervision: advice from a principal social worker

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Adults, Social work leaders

Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

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