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News, practice information and opinion on children and families social work and social care
Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted sharpens focus on stability for children in care in judgments of providers

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Children, Social work leaders

Family support spending recovers following years of stagnation, data shows

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Racial bias greatly affects child protection practice, say social workers

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

No criminal sanction for failing to report child sexual abuse under mandatory reporting plan

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Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to continue with £50m for 2025-26

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Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund expires with no news on future

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Children, Social work leaders

Starmer fails to confirm future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund as end looms

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Rebekah Pierre

Children, Workforce

My Care Story: ‘Every social worker always seemed to be in a rush’

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Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

‘She has revolutionised the way we approach life story work’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children’s social workers to be measured against new post-qualifying standards

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Most social workers’ caseloads far exceed DfE average, finds poll

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Bill to end profit from children’s care in Wales becomes law

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of unregulated experts in family courts to be curbed following ‘parental alienation’ concerns

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE proposes two-year support scheme for children’s social workers to replace ASYE

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: minister ‘doing everything to push forward decision’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Black social worker representation halves between front line and management, data shows

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