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Children

Concerns raised about treatment of unaccompanied children at asylum unit

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Children, Coronavirus

Length of care cases 10 weeks over 26-week target on back of Covid-19

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s trust scheduled to start within weeks despite resignation of chair

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Workforce

Public opinion of social work more positive than practitioners believe, study suggests

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Children

Teachers to be embedded within children’s social work teams in new What Works trial

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Placements closing, online lectures and uncertain futures: Covid-19’s impact on social work students

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Children

Why we must do more to support care leavers at university

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Inform Adults

Providing emotional support to people at the end of life and their families

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Children

Stronger leadership delivering ‘early signs of progress’ at ‘inadequate’ council despite high caseloads

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Revamped social work health check to launch in spring 2020

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Children, Workforce

The new children’s social work model aiming to increase ‘face-to-face time’ by 60%

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Children, Social work leaders

Council makes ‘steady progress’ by increasing staff after Ofsted ‘inadequate’ judgment

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Children

Over 90% of looked-after children waiting for statutory befriending service are from BAME backgrounds, finds research

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Children

Children’s voices largely absent from care records, causing significant distress, study finds

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Inform Children

Multi-agency working: setting up a professional network around a family

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Adults, Workforce

Government seeks provider for fast-track scheme to train mental health social workers

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