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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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    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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    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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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    AI in social work: opportunity or risk?

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    Children, Social work leaders

    DfE plans to test regional devolution of adoption support funding

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Rise in secure children’s home placement numbers following long decline

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘I represented a social worker in a fitness to practise hearing – at times it felt like a criminal court’

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Adult social care needs £3.4bn annual funding boost by 2028-29 to stand still, says report

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    What will ending overseas recruitment mean for adult social care?

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Minority ethnic social care staff continue to face worse outcomes than white colleagues – report

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    No change in number of AMHPs in England over past six years, data reveals

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    Events, Future of Social Work, Social work leaders

    AI and social work: learn about the opportunities and risks

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    Social work leaders, Wellbeing, Workforce

    Social workers continuing to struggle with workload, admin and increasing need, finds ‘health check’

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Negative narrative on social care must be overturned to deliver reform, says new ADASS head

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Casey Commission tasked with producing plan for ‘national care service’ by 2026

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