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Nadhim Zahawi

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s minister bullish over social care’s prospects amid turbulent backdrop

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Workforce

Date social workers transfer to new regulator revealed

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Adults

Big drop in autism-specific training for staff carrying out Care Act assessments

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support

Adults, Workforce

How learning disabilities framework for adult social workers fills longstanding guidance gap

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workplace

Social work leaders

Ofsted praises restructure that brought social worker caseloads down to 15 in five weeks

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Mental Capacity Act

Adults, Social work leaders

How misinterpretation of ‘unwise decisions’ principle illustrates value of legal literacy for social workers

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Adults, Workforce

Social work diary: ‘I’m not prepared to cut corners or leave clients at a disadvantage’

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Coins, notes and calculator

Children

Council to give £5 million bailout to children’s services trust

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Adults, Social work leaders

I’ve been in social care long enough to remember ‘investment decisions’ – here’s how it changed

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Dorset

Adults, Children

The challenges of tackling county lines in a rural area

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Post-it note with the welcome 'welcome back' next to a cup of coffee

Adults, Children, Workforce

‘I have mixed emotions about re-entering the profession… I’m braced for a few sleepless nights’

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interview

Children

‘A game which compels you to jump through hoops’: a social worker’s experience of resource panels

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family

Children

Randomised control trials for family group conferences are a practical and ethical quagmire

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Children

Why a children’s home manager quit over the ‘disgrace’ of out-of-borough placements

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Picture with a postit note that reads 'I quit!'

Workforce

Half of social workers consider leaving the profession for ‘less stress’, survey finds

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Care worker supporting an older person to eat

Workforce

How writing great job adverts can be your first step to solving staff retention in the care sector

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