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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Why only specialist child protection teams will tackle the annual child death toll’

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Frontline’s social work qualification rates lower than other fast-track schemes’, data shows

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Exceptional’ direct work helps council improve to ‘outstanding’ despite staffing challenges

Adults, Children, Social work leaders
Proposed Mental Health Act overhaul included in Queen’s Speech

‘Social workers judged me without knowing me’: tackling the criminalisation of care-experienced girls

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows
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How working in residential care enables staff to build one-on-one relationships with young people
‘We will always challenge ourselves to transform our services to improve outcomes for children and families’
‘It’s our job is to observe the child, find their voice and be their advocate’
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