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David Howe smiling in front of a wall of purple flowers

Workforce

‘When I started, we’d be involved with a family for years’: David Howe on four decades in social work

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Adults

Social workers split on paying more tax to increase spending on social care, poll finds

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Smiling colleagues conversing.

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‘You were supportive in every way’: thank you to the manager who shaped my career

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Children

Should parents have a right to advocacy during child protection cases?

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Workforce

Social care ministers should have a background in the sector, say social workers

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Social work academic Olive Stevenson

Children, Workforce

‘A true doyen of social work’: the life and influence of Olive Stevenson

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Aman Basi, from Sandwell Children's Trust, and Dr Tarsem Singh Cooner, of the University of Birmingham

Children

The virtual reality social work training programme enabling relationship-based practice

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How confident are social workers in the Labour government?

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Pictured: (left) Pat Curtis smiling in a yellow cardigan and a blue dress with dots and Nicola Silk (right) in a pink dress with matching pink hair. Both are holding a drink and are seated on a boat in the sea.

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‘In memory of Pat, my social work mentor and inspiration’

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Workforce

What do social workers read in their spare time?

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Workforce

How aware are social workers of their power over people?

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Smiling colleagues conversing.

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‘Your down-to-earth approach has made us feel like a family, not a service’

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Woman having coffee and looking at laptop. Female taking a coffee break while working from home.

Adults, Workforce

A day in the life of a social care occupational therapist

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Smiling colleagues conversing.

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The support worker brothers going ‘above and beyond’ for families and colleagues

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A person putting a vote in a ballot box

Adults, Children, Workforce

Community Care readers’ voting intentions revealed

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

BASW chief Ruth Allen on the state of mental health social work

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