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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Frontline’s social work qualification rates lower than other fast-track schemes’, data shows
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Exceptional’ direct work helps council improve to ‘outstanding’ despite staffing challenges
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Social workers’ quality of working life continues to decline post-lockdowns, study finds
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows
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Improvements at ‘inadequate’ council mean no children left at risk of harm as full reinspection looms
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social work recruitment difficulties undermining practice at struggling council
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