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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders

    Cost of living crisis ‘severely’ hitting people accessing children’s and adults’ services, social workers warn

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    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Highly effective’ information sharing drives improvements to ‘inadequate’ council’s child protection services

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    Adults, Children

    Social work regulations set to change following consultation

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘Unsustainable’ reliance on agency care staff needs urgent government action, warns provider body

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Trafford’s children in need still receiving inconsistent service, Ofsted warns

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Structural change in children’s services ‘no panacea’ for councils’ problems, research finds

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Ofsted praises ‘strong influence’ of children on shaping services as council judged ‘good’

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    Children

    Third of looked-after children aged 16 and 17 in unregulated settings

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Council to fund specialist CSE staff over long-term after inquiry heavily criticises past resourcing

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Remove IROs from councils, urge half of Community Care readers

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Case management system and heavy workloads hindering county’s ‘skilled’ social workers, Ofsted finds

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Borough’s ‘inadequate’ decade ends on back of strong children’s trust leadership

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Some NQSWs carrying overly complex cases, despite council’s effective performance, finds Ofsted

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    Children

    Most children in care not satisfied with frequency of family contact, study finds

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    Asylum-seeking child

    Children, Social work leaders

    Home Office recruiting 40 social workers to its new asylum age assessment body

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