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Children

Return to council control not ruled out as children’s services trust model faces review

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Children, Coronavirus

Social workers need ‘strong government message’ to encourage children back to school – ADCS head

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Children, Coronavirus

Coronavirus guidance update stresses duties to children but bid to scrap relaxation of law intensifies

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Children, Coronavirus

Pandemic ‘amplifying’ unrecognised needs of kinship carers, putting placements at risk, charity warns

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Adults, Children, Coronavirus

Social workers and social care practitioners: tell us about Covid-19’s impact on your work life

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Children, Social work leaders

Churn rising again among directors of children’s services, report finds

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Children

Children’s Commissioner and Labour join opposition to legislation reducing children in care duties

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Children, Social work leaders

Social work accreditation moves to new phase despite pandemic halting assessments

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Children, Coronavirus

Charity blasts legislation relaxing duties to children in care under Covid-19 as ‘destroying safeguards’

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Children, Social work leaders

‘We’ve never had to do anything like this’: new ADCS head praises social workers’ adaptation to coronavirus

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Tiered’ approach to child safeguarding needs reform to tackle inequalities in provision, says study

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Children

Zero agency staff position down to focus on staff wellbeing, says newly ‘outstanding’ council’s DCS

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Most councils calling for extra social workers during Covid-19 pandemic, survey finds

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Children, Coronavirus

Launch of children’s services trust postponed indefinitely

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Over 600 former social workers sign up for return to practice during coronavirus crisis

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Children, Coronavirus

Covid-19: children’s social care guidance criticised for ‘unlawfulness’ and approach to PPE

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