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News, practice information and opinion on children and families social work and social care
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Half of councils given funding to recruit 461 social work apprentices to bolster children’s workforce

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE ditches plan to cap agency social worker pay to equivalent for permanent staff

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Children, Choose Social Work

Choose Social Work: ‘They helped me escape the life I was living as a teenager’

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social workers should be core part of community alcohol services, says proposed treatment guidelines

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Minister sidesteps question on whether government will proceed with Mental Health Act reform

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fund return to social work scheme and boost admin support to tackle vacancies, LGA urges government

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Children, Social work leaders

Statutory duty to support birth parents needed to tackle repeat removals of children, says charity

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Moving from compliance to professional curiosity for social workers key to improvement – study

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Children, Social work leaders

Review into ‘complex and fragmented’ social care laws for disabled children begins

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social worker shortages leaving mental health patients without safeguards, leaders warn

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Children

Early Help Information and Signposting Officer

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Children, Social work leaders

Courts to stop monitoring regulation of unregistered placements for children deprived of liberty

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Children, Inform Children

Working with autistic children and young people: tips for best practice

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Children, Social work leaders

Significant disparities in council support for kinship carers revealed by survey

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Children, Social work leaders

Pilot to test whether early social worker-guardian meetings can help curb care proceedings delays

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Children, Workforce

Cafcass offers staff 4% pay rise for 2023-24

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