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Adults, Children, Social work leaders
Councils boost social care budgets by £700m but say they are ‘plugging gaps in an underfunded system’

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Desk-based social work that can be done from anywhere’: Ofsted issues warning over remote working

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Minister: ‘national scandal that social workers are overlooked for doing jobs so well’

‘Social workers should do everything to help children in care maintain the relationships that matter’

Council to fund specialist CSE staff over long-term after inquiry heavily criticises past resourcing

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
DfE awards Frontline £7m contract to run social work leadership training scheme
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