Adults

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Older man talking to a social worker in the park

Adults, Workforce

‘Hectic is the life of a social worker’: what research reveals about practice with older people

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act detention numbers fall for second year but significant racial inequalities persist

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Michael Gove

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures

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Chalk board sketch of scales. Concept of balance between eye sight and hearing

Adults, Inform Adults

How to communicate with people who are deafblind

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A blonde female covering her face with her hands.

Adults, Workforce

A social worker’s guilt: when people’s needs outstrip resources

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Image of lightbulbs with the word Analysis

Adults

Safeguarding adults enquiries: do you need consent?

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budget cuts

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Four in ten adult care providers reduced services last year due to cost pressures

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A practice educator or social work manager talking to a student

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils given funding to train more staff as social workers through apprenticeships

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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

Adults, Children, Workforce

Strike-hit council struggling to deliver AMHP service

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

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A group of colleagues clapping their hands

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers hailed in New Year Honours list

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The title 'a year in review' with snowflakes all around.

Adults, Children, Workforce

A year in review: what happened in social work in 2023

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Walk The Talk Concept

Adults, Inform Adults

Executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: points for practice

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Dial pointing at the word 'performance'

Adults, Social work leaders

CQC streamlines adults’ services assessment process following concerns over burden on councils

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Adult social workers on strike in Brighton and Hove in November 2023

Adults, Workforce

Social workers go back on strike as dispute remains unresolved

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Nurse helping woman rehabilitate in care home

Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving long-term care following years of decline

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