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Children, Workforce

The Broken Swing: a poem on social work

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

How social workers’ roles would change under Working Together overhaul

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Adults, Children

Child victims of exploitation left ‘invisible’ during school holidays

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Children, Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

Sharon Shoesmith: how social workers can get their professional pride back

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Adults, Children

‘Substituted parenting’ risk used to justify removing children without evidence base, finds study

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Lack of social care workforce plan ‘a missed opportunity’

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Children, Social work leaders

Government bids to clear up practitioner ‘confusion’ on information sharing

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Child protection ‘should be key driver of asylum response to children’

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Children, Workforce

Home Office has recruited just 40% of social workers needed for asylum body

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Unaccompanied children in hotels are councils’ responsibility – judge

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Children, Social work leaders

Over 2,000 children per year could avoid care through family group conference rollout – research

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Legislate to limit social workers’ caseloads, Senedd members tell Welsh Government

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Adults, Children

Politicians urge end to ‘horrendous’ handcuffing of children in care

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Little known’ about which practice models work best amid ‘huge variation’ in approach – evidence body

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Frontline faces tougher targets for qualifying and retaining social workers in new contract

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Councils increasingly using ‘golden hellos’ to attract social workers

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