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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

Adults, Children, Workforce

Strike-hit council struggling to deliver AMHP service

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'Policy update' written on road sign

Children, Social work leaders

Panel disappointed with ministers’ response to its proposals to boost safeguarding of disabled children

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers hailed in New Year Honours list

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The title 'a year in review' with snowflakes all around.

Adults, Children, Workforce

A year in review: what happened in social work in 2023

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Children

Do social workers hold mothers entirely responsible for their children’s safety?

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Person building tower of blocks spelling out 'trust'

Children, Workforce

‘Why trusting children matters in social care’

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Dial pointed at the word 'strategy'

Children, Social work leaders

DfE launches first national kinship strategy

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

Children, Choose Social Work

‘The one social worker who made me feel genuinely cared for’

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Mental capacity act is shown using a text

Adults, Children

Mastering the Mental Capacity Act

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Girl looking sad to symbolise having suffered abuse

Children, Social work leaders

National review launched into familial child sexual abuse

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Children, Inform Children

Signs and indicators of county lines and criminal exploitation

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% national living wage hike will trigger adult social care cuts, councils warn

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John Pearce, ADCS president, 2023-24

Children, Workforce

Social work monopoly on asylum age assessments should end, says sector leader

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Social worker making notes

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Specialist child protection role poses workforce challenge for test-bed authorities

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A red line graph going upwards

Children, Social work leaders

Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head

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