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Children, Social work leaders

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

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Children, Social work leaders

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

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Sara Sharif

Children, Social work leaders

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

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Children, Workforce

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

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Children, Social work leaders

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

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Children

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

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Workforce

Government budgets 2.8% for NHS pay rises next year

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Workforce

A day in the life of a hoarding practitioner

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Social work leaders, Workforce

97% of social workers retain right to practise following latest registration renewal round

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Children

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

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Adults, Workforce

Invest in mental health social work to meet key NHS objectives, government told

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Adults, Social work leaders

AMHPs voice safety concerns over police withdrawal from mental health incidents

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Workforce

Would you work for an ‘inadequate’ service?

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Adults, Social work leaders

£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

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Choose Social Work, Workforce

To my social work mentor: ‘Your courage to confront injustice is truly inspiring’

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Jahnine Davis

Children, Social work leaders

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

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