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A couple looking unhappy

Children

Where are the support services for families whose children are adopted?

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autism

Workforce

‘On the spectrum’: how autism has affected my career

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Young people talking on stairs

Children

‘The wrong people are running the care system – and getting it badly wrong’

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Social worker making notes

Children, Workforce

‘Pandemic, pay cuts and poor press: is it worth staying in social work?’

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Happy grandmother hugging her grandson

Children

Key messages for social workers from research into kinship foster care

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Human rights card

Adults

Social workers’ role in promoting the human right to vote

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Child looking out of window longingly

Workforce

‘Why do we do social work, when it takes us away from our own children?’

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Social worker manager

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work diary: ‘Why I introduce myself as a social worker, not a manager’

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Houses of Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

The draft Mental Health Bill: parliamentary proposals for change

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Man looking downcast

Workforce

‘Why I quit my placement after three weeks’

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Trust word written on wooden block.

Children, Workforce

Practising social work as part of a public inquiry

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Woman receiving Covid-19 vaccine from nurse

Adults, Workforce

‘Why social care staff should get their flu and Covid-19 jabs this winter’

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Gloved hands holding a red heart

Workforce

Social work diary: ‘The goodwill in our team feels magnified at Christmas’

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Children

‘Advocates and independent visitors made me feel listened to – but too many children in care lack this’

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Baby being seen by a doctor

Children, Social work leaders

‘Why child protection policies on bruising to babies need to change’

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Child holding a ball that says 'listen to me'

Children

‘Five things we can learn from the voices of 10,000 children in care’

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