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Children, Social work leaders

Judge: bespoke placements for children will be ‘considerably harder’ following unregulated provision ban

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Adults

How creativity has been key for social workers in safeguarding adults during Covid

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Why recognising foster carers as workers would provide more stability for children and reduce costs’

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Children

‘Rip it up and start again’: the children’s care market must change

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Capturing social work and social care memories from Covid-19

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Workforce

‘At times you feel like an imposter’: why care experienced social workers need their own association

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Workforce

How social workers can help unpick the ethnicity pay gap

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Adults, Social work leaders

What the Health and Care Act 2022 means for social workers

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Why I could not accept an honour from this government’ – by former mental health social work lead

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'Discrimination' in dictionary

Adults, Social work leaders

How councils are failing to amend social care charging systems deemed unlawful by High Court

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Children, Social work leaders

Social work over a screen risks losing much of value in fostering

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Children

Supporting parents abused by younger children

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Adults, Social work leaders

Bringing evidence to the front line of adult social care

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

End ‘staggering misuse’ of children’s social workers to allow more direct work, says care review

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Adults

What is happening to people in inpatient care, 10 years on from Winterbourne View?

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Adults

10 years on from Winterbourne View: lessons for social workers

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