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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DHSC scraps second round of adult social work apprenticeship fund

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Ex-ADASS president appointed chief social worker for adults

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Children, Social work leaders

Councils warned charging parents for children in care will undermine safeguarding and increase costs

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government cuts £115m from adult social care staff training funding

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Choose Social Work, Workforce

‘My colleague made me believe that people can change for the better’

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Children

‘Why children with social workers need a dedicated pathway to access CAMHS’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Caseloads fall at Cafcass but social workers still struggling with work pressures, finds survey

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Children, Workforce

Social workers don’t feel supported to work with fathers, poll finds

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Adults, Inform Adults

Coercive and controlling behaviour: tips for social care practitioners on supporting victims

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Rules curbing councils’ use of agency social workers to come into force

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Children, Social work leaders

Inspectors to probe agencies’ response to child victims of domestic abuse

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils losing ground to NHS in competition for social workers, warns LGA

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Children, Social work leaders

Home Office age assessments for asylum seekers under inspection

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Children, Workforce

‘Social work, domestic abuse and coercive control: do we know what is going on and why?’

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Adults, Social work leaders

‘Dire state of social care’ among reasons NHS is in ‘disrepair’, adviser tells government

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‘She pushed me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to better myself’

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