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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Do employers address issues with high caseloads in social work teams?

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    Children, Inform Children

    Signs and indicators of county lines and criminal exploitation

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    10% national living wage hike will trigger adult social care cuts, councils warn

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Government bar on overseas care staff bringing over families sparks workforce concerns

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    Children, Workforce

    Social work monopoly on asylum age assessments should end, says sector leader

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    Adults, Children, Workforce

    Would you like to speak at Community Care Live 2024?

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Councils need more funding to manage CQC adult services performance checks, leaders warn

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Specialist child protection role poses workforce challenge for test-bed authorities

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Do social workers feel valued by senior management?

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head

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    Workforce

    The pros and cons of being a young social worker

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    Children, Choose Social Work

    ‘She’s been a mother figure to me’: a care leaver and social worker’s story

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    Adults, Workforce

    Homelessness social work role valuable but rare, isolated and temporarily funded – study

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Pay now top motivator for social workers to change jobs

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Councils breaching guidance by not taking homeless teenagers into care, suggests Children’s Commissioner

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