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Diverse group of staff having a meeting

Children

Working with children experiencing neglect: challenges and solutions

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Research results post-it note on mouse

Children

Discharge of care orders: filling the evidence gap

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Islamophobia image

Workforce

‘I was called “Mr Taliban” by a colleague’: one social worker’s experience of Islamophobia

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Pile of books on a wooden desk with the words 'advice', 'assistance', 'guidance' and 'help' on the spines

Adults, Social work leaders

UPDATED: Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act

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Typewriter with note writing "Fight or Flight by Rosie R."

Children

Fight or Flight: a poem on children’s courage

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Ray Jones holding a copy of his review of children's social care in Northern Ireland

Children, Social work leaders

Seven lessons for practitioners from the review of children’s social care in Northern Ireland

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Supreme Court

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Legal analysis: the Supreme Court’s verdict on ordinary residence and mental health aftercare

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social worker speaking to two teenagers during a visit

Workforce

‘How to leave home visits on time – and when not to’

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upset parents talking to social worker

Children, Social work leaders

‘Why we’re providing therapy for parents in pre-proceedings’

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Rebekah Pierre

Choose Social Work

‘I wanted nothing to do with social workers – until one gained my trust’

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Close-up of woman's hands with calculator and utility bills. The concept of rising prices for heating, gas, electricity. A lot of utility bills and hands in a warm sweater on a calculator

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘There is no justification for agency and permanent social workers having very different pay’

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A sad little girl with Down syndrome looking down at home.

Adults, Children

Self-harm and learning disability: the role of grief

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Agency social work is a response to demand and a flexible choice for staff – so rules curbing it won’t work’

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Children

‘Social work is about promoting participation – social work research should be too’

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A typewriter carrying a page with the words 'Dear future social worker by Emma Atkinson

Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

Poem: Dear Future Social Worker

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dear future social worker image for Community Care's Choose Social Work campaign

Choose Social Work, Workforce

Isabelle Trowler: ‘Cherish the responsibility you have to make a positive difference to others’

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