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Josh MacAlister, who led the 2021-22 Independent Review of Children's Social Care

Children, Social work leaders

Spending review: children’s services cash boost means Labour delivering on care review – MacAlister

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Social worker with kinship carer or adoptive parent and child

Children, Inform Children

Tips on developing supervision order support plans

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Children, Workforce

£3,500 pay rise for Cafcass social workers sought by unions

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Support worker comforting teenager in an office

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children’s home staff paid over 20% more by councils than private sector, research reveals

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Angela Eagle

Children, Workforce

Government strongly backs Home Office social work service as BASW seeks abolition

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Practitioner having a difficult conversation with a young man at a table

Children, Workforce

‘What I wish I had known about having difficult conversations with parents’

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Children, Social work leaders

What the new standalone Adoption Support Plan means for social work practice

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The words 'evidence based practice' stuck on coloured post-its on a notebook

Children, Social work leaders

What works body bids to strengthen use of evidence in children’s social care

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Social worker reassuring a young person

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental healthcare for looked-after children ‘inadequate and unevidenced’, warn experts

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Woman and son having intense discussion with a social worker

Children, Social work leaders

Parents increasingly making covert recordings of social workers for court, say family justice leaders

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Adults, Children, Workforce

‘Every professional has to be on top of their game’: social work leaders on navigating multidisciplinary teams

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A young man with Down syndrome and a girl in a wheelchair share a joyful moment drawing and painting together at home, showcasing friendship and creativity.

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Practice tips on engaging with parents with learning disabilities

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Children, Social work leaders

Number of reported child deaths or serious harm cases down by a quarter in two years

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A professional man talking to a mother and child

Children, Social work leaders

Almost half of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund awards last year exceeded new £3,000 limit

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Ray Jones holding a copy of his review of children's social care in Northern Ireland

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Ray Jones: a critique of the DfE’s children’s social work reforms

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Proportion of black directors of children’s services rises but lags well behind workforce level

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