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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE to give update on early career support for children’s social workers

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Children

Where does the stigma around care-experienced people originate from?

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Parallel to care system’ for unaccompanied children to be scrapped in asylum reforms

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Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

Adults, Children, Workforce

Learn from the lived experience of childhood trauma

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Children, Social work leaders

Bill to remove profit from children’s care in Wales approved by Senedd

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Children, Social work leaders

Strong evidence parenting support services improve outcomes for families in adversity, councils told

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE to quiz councils on balance of social workers and other practitioners in family help teams

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Six social services authorities permitted to increase council tax by more than national limit

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Katharine Sacks-Jones, chief executive of the children's charity Become,

Children, Social work leaders

‘How the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill can be improved for care-experienced young people’

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Children, Social work leaders

Concerns over future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund with resourcing unconfirmed

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Council to take children’s services back in-house

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

MPs back plan to regulate agency staff use in children’s services

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Flawed children in care statistics’ undermine council placement provision, warns regional body

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Safeguarding reforms at risk from shortage of home education staff, warns ADCS head

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Children, Workforce

Guidance on admin support for social workers being developed by workload action group

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