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A rally outside the Houses of Parliament with campaigners holding up a banner with the words 'Providers Unite Day of Action'

Adults, Social work leaders

Providers hold day of action in protest against Budget’s impact on social care

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Woman looking stressed staring at a piece of paper that looks like a bill

Adults, Social work leaders

Over half of carers say they need more recognition from councils, survey finds

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Yvette Cooper

Adults, Children

Child criminal exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ of vulnerable people to be made criminal offences

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Image of men with laptop, calculator and finance reports (Credit: lovelyday12 / Adobe Stock)

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Almost one in five councils granted ‘exceptional’ financial support to help balance books

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers waiting longer for decisions on fitness to practise investigations

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The word 'fees' written on a notepad in the middle of a desk, alongside a computer, phone and some pencils

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England proposes 33% rise in fees this year

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Isabella Jonas-Wheildon

Children, Social work leaders

Toddler’s murder shows need for cross-border child protection guidance, finds case review

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Kim Leadbeater MP

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers to sit on panels considering assisted dying requests under amendment to bill

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Close-up of woman's hands with calculator and utility bills. The concept of rising prices for heating, gas, electricity. A lot of utility bills and hands in a warm sweater on a calculator

Adults, Workforce

Adult social worker pay down 5% in real-terms since 2016, data shows

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The word 'recruit' spelt out

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker numbers hit new record high in adults’ services

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Social worker talking to, and going through paperwork with, parent/carer at a table, with son standing in background

Workforce

Supervising social workers key to foster carer retention, amid deepening shortage, research shows

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Roadworks on a street with a sign that reads installation in progress_ full fibre broadband'

Adults, Social work leaders

Government unveils plan to prevent risks to telecare users from digital switchover

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Hand putting wooden cube block on blue background with word CAREER and copy space for your text. Business career planning growth to success concept

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE to give update on early career support for children’s social workers

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Teenage boy (14-15) sitting on sofa and using phone

Children, Social work leaders

‘Parallel to care system’ for unaccompanied children to be scrapped in asylum reforms

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Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

Adults, Children, Workforce

Learn from the lived experience of childhood trauma

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Screen with the word 'profits' written on it along with various related symbols

Children, Social work leaders

Bill to remove profit from children’s care in Wales approved by Senedd

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