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Assessors’ lack of social work experience among criticisms of CQC council checks in damning review

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Employment Rights Bill: government to create body to set adult social care pay and conditions

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Number of overseas care recruits plummets as report highlights sector’s reliance on them

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Half of councils given funding to recruit adult social work apprentices

10% drop in section 136 detention numbers linked to policy limiting police response to mental ill-health

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DHSC scraps second round of adult social work apprenticeship fund

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Government cuts £115m from adult social care staff training funding

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Councils losing ground to NHS in competition for social workers, warns LGA
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