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Children, Social work leaders

Cafcass starts prioritising London private law cases to ‘maintain safe workloads for social workers’

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Children, Social work leaders

Deprivation of liberty: ‘We’re managing risk – not helping these children recover’

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Children, Social work leaders

Government presses ahead with scientific asylum age assessments in face of criticisms

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social work rules: ‘hugely frustrating’ delay to DfE consultation response

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Children, Social work leaders

Family group conferencing good practice must not be diluted in rollout, experts warn

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Children, Choose Social Work

‘We never hear about the children social workers help’: a day in the life of a social work team

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Children

Sibling sexual behaviour: helping social workers assess risk and support families

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Adults, Children

Probation service failing to carry out necessary child protection and domestic abuse checks, finds inspectorate

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Children, Social work leaders

Practitioners ‘will not get into trouble’ for sharing information to protect children, says data watchdog

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Children

Working with children experiencing neglect: challenges and solutions

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Children, Inform Children

A trauma-informed approach to social work: practice tips

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Children

Discharge of care orders: filling the evidence gap

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Adults, Children

Government launches strategy to ‘rapidly reduce’ suicide rate that has remained stuck since 2018

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Children, Workforce

DfE sets up group to tackle social worker workloads

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Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

When social work becomes a family affair

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Children, Choose Social Work

‘It was wonderful to have somebody show me they really cared’: Luke Rodgers on the power of social work

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