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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Record numbers of children’s social workers in post but fewer holding cases, figures reveal

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work bodies urge action to boost flexible working opportunities

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Adults, Social work leaders

First council rated outstanding since return of CQC adult social care assessments

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work assistants in Scotland to be regulated under SSSC proposal

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Choose Social Work, Workforce

‘Her legacy as a social work mentor, a leader and a supporter ripples through the lives she touches’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of agency social workers falls for first time in seven years in children’s services

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children’s social worker caseload average falls to lowest recorded level, according to DfE measure

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Children, Workforce

Practitioners split over non-social work qualified staff taking on child in need assessments, poll finds

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fall in proportion of Cafcass social workers holding more than 20 cases

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Our finding that social care touches a quarter of children shows the need to tackle poverty’

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Adults, Children

Free learning on restorative practice for World Social Work Day 2025

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Social work leaders, Workforce

How social work managers can better support staff wellbeing

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Adults, Social work leaders

Providers hold day of action in protest against Budget’s impact on social care

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘They shut down the conversation’: frontline practitioners discuss their experiences with management

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Workforce

Podcast: from law to social work – the experiences of two practitioners

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