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Mark Trewin, formerly mental health social work lead at the Department of Health and Social Care (Photo: Rethink)

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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Social worker carrying out video assessment

Children, Social work leaders

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

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upset parents talking to social worker

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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Yellow question mark amid pile of black ones

Adults

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

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Human rights card

Adults

10 years on from Winterbourne View: lessons for social workers

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Upset teenage girl with smartphone sitting on stairs indoors.

Children

Social workers to help schools tackle sexual abuse after Ofsted finds normalisation of harassment of girls

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Image of teenager looking sadly towards window (credit: fizkes / Adobe Stock)

Children, Social work leaders

Thousands of EU looked-after children and care leavers face ‘legal limbo’ without extension to settlement deadline, charities warn

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Mary Jackon, chief executive, Frontline

Children, Social work leaders

Team managers and colleagues say their leadership has improved after doing Frontline-run training scheme, says study

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Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted praises quality of social work practice at Cafcass despite record caseloads during pandemic

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Workforce

How social workers can help improve the health system’s response to women

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Image of teenager looking sadly towards window (credit: fizkes / Adobe Stock)

Children, Social work leaders

Accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds to face slimmer standards than children’s homes, under DfE plans

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Yellow question mark amid pile of black ones

Children

From investigating to empowering parents: how MacAlister review should reshape children’s social care

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Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner

Adults, Children

What new domestic abuse legislation means for social workers

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