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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DoLS: older people routinely having rights breached because of failure to tackle ‘huge’ backlog, warns charity

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Adult Social Workers

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Nurse helping woman rehabilitate in care home

Adults, Workforce

Care home nursing fee gets 7.4% boost in ‘win for sector’

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

One in nine councils granted emergency support to balance books

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UNISON members from Brighton & Hove City Council

Adults, Workforce

Social work strike called off after council makes ‘encouraging’ offer

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Council House, Birmingham

Adults, Children, Workforce

Review of social work teams among £370m in savings plans set out by Birmingham

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Adults, Children

‘State of crisis’ for domestic abuse services because of cuts, warns commissioner

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of agency social workers up 25% year on year in adults’ services

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mounting demand for AMHPs and unmet need masked by fall in number of detentions, say leads

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Adults, Inform Adults

Problem gambling: how to recognise the warning signs

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UNISON vice president Julia Mwaluke on the picket line with Barnet UNISON strikers

Adults, Workforce

Social workers re-balloted on striking after 27 days of action leaves pay dispute unresolved

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social worker numbers hit record high on back of funding rise

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Adults, Workforce

Mental health trust ignored staff concerns for years before Panorama exposed abuse, finds review

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An older couple poring over their finances

Adults, Social work leaders

More people face self-funding care as means-testing thresholds frozen for 14th consecutive year

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

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

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