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Social work leaders, Workforce

Unions lodge local government pay claims in Scotland

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Children, Workforce

Guidance on admin support for social workers being developed by workload action group

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social care vacancy rate fell last year, data suggests

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Children, Workforce

Cafcass pay deal for 2024-25 agreed

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Children, Social work leaders

Government orders national audit of child sexual exploitation by gangs

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Babies at increased risk of harm due to growing parental needs, say councils

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Jigsaw puzzle showing supply demand gap

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Council social care fee rises lag national living wage hike for third year running, providers report

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Children, Social work leaders

Poverty and homelessness driving demand for children’s social care, directors warn

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Adults, Social work leaders

Dilnot: social care commission should report by end of 2025, not 2028

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care reform bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

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Children, Workforce

Child sexual abuse: professionals to be under duty to report

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Adults

Get up to speed on adult safeguarding law

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Social work leaders, Workforce

One in three practitioners would recommend social work as a career, finds regulator

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Commission on adult social care reform announced by government

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work leaders recognised in 2025 New Year Honours

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

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