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News, practice information and opinion on older people, disability and adult social care
Social Worker of the Year Awards trophies

Adults, Children, Workforce

Social Worker of the Year Awards 2023 finalists announced

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A sad little girl with Down syndrome looking down at home.

Adults, Children

Self-harm and learning disability: the role of grief

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Adults, Workforce

Strike ballot opens for mental health social workers

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Female care worker on home visit showing her ID, close up

Adults, Social work leaders

Government to review case for powers of entry for social workers in adult safeguarding cases

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

AMHPs lack time for ‘extremely important’ pre-assessment work with people in crisis, finds survey

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Adults, Children

Jacob Crouch: action taken to protect babies following case, says safeguarding body

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Care worker or nurse looking stressed

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Very bad’ employers exploiting overseas social care staff, warns government migration adviser

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Adults, Inform Adults

Good practice tips in safeguarding people with dementia

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government shifts £600m destined for social care reform into tackling immediate pressures on services

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social workers and students urge ministers to reconsider bursary freeze

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Police to stop attending mental health incidents unless there is significant safety risk or crime

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Systemic racism worsened Covid’s impact on disabled people from ethnic minorities – report

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils would still employ social workers under proposed National Care Service for Scotland

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Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social care vacancy numbers fall slightly from all-time high but still top 150,000

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Adults, Children

Child victims of exploitation left ‘invisible’ during school holidays

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