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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Unregulated settings to face inspections a third as often as children’s homes

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social worker shortages making job ‘unsustainable’ for some, warns Ofsted

Target needed to cut length of care proceedings with durations far in excess of 26-week legal limit – peers

Latest rise in care population driven by growth in number of asylum-seeking children, show DfE figures

Adults, Children, Social work leaders
Older people unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals because of poor DoLS practice, warns CQC

‘Advocates and independent visitors made me feel listened to – but too many children in care lack this’
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