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Children, Workforce

Social work in schools: an opportunity to change perceptions

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Teenage girl in care

Children, Social work leaders

Councils referring more children from residential to foster care, report agencies

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Readers’ Take: should DCSs come primarily from a social care background?

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work Recap: the value of disabled people’s voices and the scale of adult care’s funding shortfall

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work leaders come together to tackle mounting workforce issues

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Children, Social work leaders

Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

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Asylum-seeking child

Children, Social work leaders

Councils no longer getting additional payments for taking asylum-seeking children from hotels

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Unavailability of beds, doctors and transport increasing risks for those in crisis, warn AMHP heads

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

40% rise in number of social workers quitting children’s posts annually over past five years

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

UPDATED: Number of frontline children's social workers down 8% since 2020 as vacancies soar

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils urged to look beyond social work to widen pool of future DCSs

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Children, Workforce

Readers’ Take: the impact of proposed agency social work rules

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Children, Social work leaders

Are regional care co-operatives the answer to care placement challenge?

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social Work Recap: #CareDay, campaign for neurodivergent staff and recruiting from overseas

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Does the DfE’s care review response address the pressures behind social workers leaving their jobs?

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