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    Choose Social Work

    Choose Social Work: free resource pack to inspire future social workers

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    Community Care celebrates 50 years’ reporting on and supporting social work

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    Leaving care, mental illness and recovery: ‘There is always the possibility of a better future’

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    2,500 social care staff join free Community Care webinar to mark World Social Work Day

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    ‘You have lifted my spirits after a very difficult day’: how Choose Social Work has supported the sector

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    Incompetent or child-snatchers: how media coverage of social work impacts the profession

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    Would you like to speak at Community Care Live 2024?

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    ‘Stick with social work’: senior leaders share their best advice

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    Secure your legal learning at Community Care Live

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    Jenny Molloy: ‘Social workers have been so important in my life’

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    Choose Social Work: join our campaign to champion your profession

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    The winners of the BASW Social Work Journalism Awards 2023

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    Community Care among winners at BASW social work journalism awards

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Three-quarters of councils allow flexible working for all children’s social workers

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    Careers Zone, Coronavirus, Inform Adults, Inform Children

    Social work podcasts to support you through and beyond Covid-19

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Retention bonuses paid by half of children’s services departments, research finds

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    Safe, supported and happy to go to work: how local authorities can retain their social workers

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