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Adults, Children, Workforce

Festival of Learning is back with a week of high-quality social care training

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

The draft Mental Health Bill: parliamentary proposals for change

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Children, Workforce

Practising social work as part of a public inquiry

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care review response will start to address mounting social work pressures, says ADCS president

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Children, Social work leaders

DfE proposes law change to improve adults’ access to adoption therapy

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A Black social worker looking downcast

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Mixed picture’ on tackling racism on ASYE programmes, finds analysis

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Pause ‘disruptive’ National Care Service plan to tackle funding shortfalls, councils urge ministers

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

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Children, Social work leaders

Workloads and lack of supervision undermining child protection practice, find studies

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Sensitivity to ‘bruised’ staff needed for effective DfE intervention in ‘inadequate’ services, finds study

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fast-track graduates more prepared for practice but more stressed and less satisfied by role – DfE research

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Children, Workforce

A call for care-experienced people to share their stories

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Social care funding rise ‘should deliver tangible service improvements’, says government

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Children, Workforce

Cafcass staff overwhelmingly reject 2.5% pay offer but government says no scope for improved deal

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fivefold rise in number of social workers hired through agency teams in past year, report directors

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

One in five children’s social work posts vacant in wake of rising stress and workloads, finds research

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