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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
DfE pledges action on ‘excessive’ workload pressures for children’s social workers

Child sexual abuse remains ‘very hidden’ despite increase in recorded case numbers, warns expert centre

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
DfE backs early career framework but rejects national pay scales for children’s social workers

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Agency social worker pay to be capped to that of permanent staff

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Specialist child protection social workers to be piloted in DfE care review response

Children are in ‘extreme crisis’: top judge berates DfE’s six-year failure to tackle ‘gross’ lack of secure units

Combine social work with scientific methods to boost reliability of age checks, experts advise government
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