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News, practice information and opinion on children and families social work and social care
Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

BASW chief Ruth Allen on the state of mental health social work

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Children, Workforce

Social workers to strike over election day as Northern Ireland dispute escalates

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Council social care spending up 10% in real terms for second year in a row, data shows

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Children, Workforce

‘Social workers need to understand their power’: June Thoburn on her research career

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers honoured in King’s birthday list

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Children

Most social workers back ban on profit-making from children’s care

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Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

Adults, Children, Workforce

Register now for Community Care Live 2024!

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Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves talking to residents in Great Yarmouth in 2023

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

No funded social care commitments in Labour manifesto

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties – research

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Children

Book review: ‘Looked After: A Childhood in Care’

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Adults, Children

Social work across the decades: the birth of the adults’/children’s divide

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Children, Social work leaders

No new funding for children’s social care reforms in Tory manifesto despite £2.6bn care review bill

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Adults, Children

How parents with learning disabilities lack support before, during and after care proceedings

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Children, Workforce

Frontline rebrands fast-track social work programme

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mounting social care costs leave councils facing £6.2bn black hole over next two years, warns LGA

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Children

‘How admitting I disliked a child helped me grow as a social worker’

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