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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Change course on social care’, leaders tell government after scrapping of cap and training fund

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

£1bn shortfall in home care fees required to cover minimum wage, finds provider body’s research

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Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

Adults, Children, Workforce

Learn from lived experience to enhance your social work practice

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Scrapping cap on care costs ‘another example of social care being tossed aside’, says Dilnot

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How confident are social workers in the Labour government?

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Stephen Kinnock

Adults, Workforce

Labour ditches planned increase to adult social care training funding

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Chancellor of the Exchequer (2024-) Rachel Reeves

Adults, Social work leaders

Government scraps cap on care costs to help tackle spending ‘black hole’

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Adults, Social work leaders

CQC ‘not fit for purpose’, says Streeting, in wake of damning report

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Adults, Workforce

Social work across the decades: how the disability movement reshaped social care

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Adults, Inform Adults

Responding to suspected self-harm: tips for adult social care practitioners

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Adults, Workforce

Overseas recruitment drives latest growth in adult social care workforce

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Adults, Workforce

Delay ‘unfunded’ cap on care costs, council body urges government

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King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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Adults, Social work leaders

‘Worst financial outlook for years’ for adult social care revealed by directors’ survey

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