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Safeguarding disabled children: practice tips

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Council to vote on bringing children’s services back in-house

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Practitioners struggling to respond to extrafamilial harm to children, finds analysis of serious cases

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Sara Sharif case review begins after father and stepmother convicted of murder

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Step up to Social Work bursary to increase after decade-long freeze

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‘Families first for children’ model to be rolled out to all councils, says chief social worker

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DfE plans will curb profiteering but not without cutting care placement supply, say social workers

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Podcast: the legacy and impact of life story from a parent’s perspective

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Case reviews ‘silent’ on racial bias in child protection decision making

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Sevenfold increase in number of children placed in unregistered homes over past three years

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Guidance on LADO role to be issued for consultation in 2025

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‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

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A Google Maps Tribute: a poem about a bereaved child’s resilience

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Writing a social work CV in children’s services

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Agencies not equipped to protect children from sexual abuse in family, find safeguarding leaders

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Children’s Social Care Social Workers – Level 2

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