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Podcast: Looked-after children and self-harm

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Podcast: What skills do social workers need for strengths-based practice?

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Podcast: Fabricated or induced illness: what it is and what the signs are

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Children

Evidence database for children’s social workers launched

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Children

Child sexual abuse: key advice for social workers working in this area

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Children

Disguised compliance: applying a relationship-based approach

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Adults

Domestic violence protection notices and orders: what social workers need to know

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Safeguarding adults with dementia: top tips

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Children

Child development from two to five years: communication and play

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Tips for social workers on cultural competence

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Adults

Co-production with individuals: key advice for social workers

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Adults, Children

Social work with transgender people: what good practice looks like

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How social workers can spot the signs of scams

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Social work with d/Deaf people: key issues in adult safeguarding

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Children

Quick guide to child development from birth to two years

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Parental alienation: what it is and how it’s different from implacable hostility

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