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Reading civic offices

Children, Social work leaders

Council to vote on bringing children’s services back in-house

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Children, Social work leaders

Practitioners struggling to respond to extrafamilial harm to children, finds analysis of serious cases

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Sara Sharif

Children, Social work leaders

Sara Sharif case review begins after father and stepmother convicted of murder

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Children, Workforce

Step up to Social Work bursary to increase after decade-long freeze

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Families first for children’ model to be rolled out to all councils, says chief social worker

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Workforce

Government budgets 2.8% for NHS pay rises next year

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Social work leaders, Workforce

97% of social workers retain right to practise following latest registration renewal round

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Workforce

Invest in mental health social work to meet key NHS objectives, government told

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police

Adults, Social work leaders

AMHPs voice safety concerns over police withdrawal from mental health incidents

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BUDGET DEFICIT letterboard text on LED Lightbox on wooden background

Adults, Social work leaders

£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

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Never stop learning written on a memo stick. Lifelong learning concept.

Adults

Get up to speed with the law on adult safeguarding

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Jahnine Davis

Children, Social work leaders

Case reviews ‘silent’ on racial bias in child protection decision making

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Children, Social work leaders

Sevenfold increase in number of children placed in unregistered homes over past three years

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Houses of Parliament

Adults

Assisted dying bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

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Children

Guidance on LADO role to be issued for consultation in 2025

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An advocate helping a disabled boy use a tablet

Children, Social work leaders

‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

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