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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act detention numbers fall for second year but significant racial inequalities persist

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Graph showing increased complexity

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social work caseloads growing increasingly complex, research finds

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Michael Gove

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures

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Photo of Meera Spillett smiling at the camera

Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

Breaking barriers: Meera Spillett’s path from disabled social worker to award-winning leader

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Child sexual abuse therapy session

Children, Social work leaders

55,000 on waiting lists for child sexual abuse support services, estimates research

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Word blocks spelling out 'outsourcing' being changed to 'insourcing'

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s trust to be disbanded as council takes services back in-house

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Two professionals in discussion regarding a young woman

Children, Social work leaders

Family reunification hampered by lack of specialist teams, strategy and resources, finds study

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Clock with the word 'review' written above it

Children, Workforce

Social worker receiving support after ‘tragic’ death of Bronson Battersby

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Post-it notes on a wall with the word 'workload' in the foreground

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils urged to join project to curb social workers’ workloads

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Social worker doing direct work with child

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Child in need cases opened up to non-social work staff despite risk concerns

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(L-R) Headline Sponsor Sanctuary Personnel CEO James Rook, Omaid Badar, Broadcaster and journalist Ashley John-Baptiste. (credit: Social Work Awards)

Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

From refugee to social worker of the year: Omaid Badar’s story

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The Frontline Awards 2023

Children, Workforce

Nominations open for Frontline social work awards

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Social worker reassuring a young person

Children, Inform Children

Extra-familial harm: understanding trauma responses in young people

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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

Adults, Children, Workforce

Strike-hit council struggling to deliver AMHP service

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'Policy update' written on road sign

Children, Social work leaders

Panel disappointed with ministers’ response to its proposals to boost safeguarding of disabled children

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

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