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Adults, Workforce

CQC to inspect services less often as budget falls

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Adults, Workforce

Cuts harming relationships between social workers and service users, warns report

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Adults, Workforce, Stand Up For Social Work

How a dog walk improved the lives of 250,000 people

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Adults, Stand Up For Social Work, Workforce

How Penny the pig is helping elderly care home residents

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Children, Workforce, Stand Up For Social Work

Seven top tips on doing effective pet assessments in fostering and adoption

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Adults, Children, Mental Health

The 10 strangest animals that are making a difference in social care

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Should social workers care about NICE guidance?

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Adults

Why the number of learning disabled people in hospital care remains stubbornly high

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Children, Workforce

Personalisation in children’s social work may increase bureaucracy, study finds

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Adults

‘Slow start’ to implementation of Care Act duty to support prisoners with care needs

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Adults, Workforce

Home care visits should last at least 30 minutes, says official guidance

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Adults

Less residential care and more personal assistants – how councils have saved money in learning disability services

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Children

Family court criticises council for failing to fully consider alternatives to adoption

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Children, Workforce

Inspection data reports decline in quality of children’s services and homes

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Children

Former BAAF chiefs urge Charity Commission to investigate charity’s demise

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Children

Care applications reach all-time high for second month in a row

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