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The latest updates, news and guidance on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting on social work and social workers.
Budget cut

Adults, Children, Coronavirus

£1.2bn Covid funding gap leaves councils facing service cuts, finance heads warn

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Flaming candles at the funeral ceremony indoor

Coronavirus, Workforce

21 social workers have died from Covid-19, show official figures

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Children, Coronavirus

Systemic factors have driven social worker risk-taking during pandemic, study finds

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

4% of adult directors fully confident they will meet legal duties this year

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James Bullion - president of ADASS, 2020-21

Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Covid-19 driving mounting demand and unmet need across adult social care, say directors

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Social work team video conferencing

Children, Coronavirus

From ‘harsh’ virtual hearings to digital treasure hunts: remote social work under Covid-19

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Official Parliamentary portrait of Vicky Ford, the children's minister (credit: Chris McAndrew / Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Coronavirus

MPs vote against scrapping controversial relaxation of children in care duties

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The front cover of the Care Act 2014

Adults, Coronavirus

One council left suspending Care Act duties as authority subject to legal challenge returns to full compliance

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Care providers may face bill of up £6.6bn in Covid-19 costs by September, research finds

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The word 'recruit' spelt out

Coronavirus, Workforce

Eighteen ex-social workers recruited from temporary register through national campaign

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Image of Middlesbrough town hall and civic centre (Credit: Francis Hannaway / Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Coronavirus

‘No case’ for removing ‘inadequate’ children’s services from council control, review for DfE finds

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Children, Coronavirus

Children’s charity launches legal bid to quash relaxation of children in care duties

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Person signing legal letter

Adults, Coronavirus

Council says it has ‘learned lessons’ after Care Act legal challenge dropped

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Image of an N95 respirator face mask (credit: dontree / Adobe Stock)

Adults, Children, Coronavirus

Social work under coronavirus: children’s practitioners report bigger problems than adults’ colleagues

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Adults, Coronavirus

‘Government must act to stop people with learning disabilities dying under radar during pandemic’

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Social worker carrying out video assessment

Adults, Children, Coronavirus

‘We’re here to protect and empower people with the odds stacked against them. Over video, it’s hard’

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