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Children

Should – and could – councils reduce their reliance on independent fostering agencies?

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Children, Workforce

Improvements at ‘inadequate’ council mean no children left at risk of harm as full reinspection looms

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Children, Social work leaders

Record number of female directors of children’s services, report finds

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Children

Council’s ‘unacceptable’ caseloads damaging quality of social work with families, Ofsted warns

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Children

‘Resident protests against children’s homes are a microcosm of an uncaring care system’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work recruitment difficulties undermining practice at struggling council

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Children

Age assessment overhaul to go ahead as planned after peers withdraw opposition

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Children, Social work leaders

£5m boost for school social work projects

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Children, Social work leaders

DfE intervenes in council following ‘inadequate’ children’s services verdict

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Children, Social work leaders

Council takes children’s services back from country’s first trust

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Children

‘She was heartbroken – and no amount of love was going to fix that’: how fostering is not what you think

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Quality of social workers ‘higher than ever’, says ADCS president

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Children, Social work leaders

Plans to remove council’s children’s services scrapped after positive report

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘I feel out of my depth’: NQSWs report ‘unmanageable’ caseloads and lack of support

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Children, Workforce

Social workers urge inspection overhaul to enable more direct work

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Vital but not fit for purpose’: parents’ views on supervision orders

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