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Sajid Javid

Adults, Workforce, Social work leaders

Providers report 17% vacancy rate as staff shortages ‘threaten to overwhelm the sector’

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Sue Ross and Adi Cooper

Workforce

Regulator adds two social workers to board

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Workforce, Social work leaders

Adult social care needs £6.1bn funding boost to end ‘low cost, low value, low outcome’ approach

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Michael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

Adults, Social work leaders

Rate of adult social care failings identified by watchdog continues ‘relentless rise’

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Person pushing register key on keyboard

Workforce

Over a quarter of social workers have uploaded CPD four weeks into registration renewal process

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Dictionary, definition of the word abuse.

Adults, Social work leaders

Rise in safeguarding enquiries involving domestic abuse and self-neglect during pandemic

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Reform sign on a desk with a blurry background of a court room

Adults, Social work leaders

Government reforms ‘will not provide extra care or improve quality of life’, directors warn

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The front cover of the Care Act 2014

Adults, Social work leaders

Council failed to meet man’s eligible needs after savings fell below threshold, ombudsman finds

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Register Now sign on a desk

Workforce

Social workers urged to ‘not leave it until the last minute’ as registration renewal opens

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Image of scales of justice (credit: BrAt82 / Adobe Stock)

Children, Workforce

Regulator calls for debate on social media use after warning social worker for ‘anti-trans’ posts

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Mental Capacity Act

Adults, Social work leaders

Unfinished DoLS applications fall for second consecutive year, annual statistics show

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Image of filing cabinet with 'investigations' label

Adults, Social work leaders

Council urged to review all residential care placements since 2020 after failing to give family ‘genuine choice’

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money

Adults, Children

Social work students quitting courses and visiting food banks amid seven-year bursary freeze

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supervision

Adults, Workforce

Two in five best interests assessors not receiving supervision

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Boy looking pensive

Adults, Children

Children’s social workers to receive standards on autism practice

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Woman receiving Covid-19 vaccine from nurse

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care homes face losing 40,000 staff from compulsory vaccinations policy

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