Social work leaders

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Massive’ cut in care population is key success measure for DfE reforms, says chief social worker

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Minority ethnic social care staff face disproportionately high levels of bullying and disciplinaries – study

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Non-statutory placements make up over half of provision for students in Scotland, report reveals

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Children, Social work leaders

40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DoLS: older people routinely having rights breached because of failure to tackle ‘huge’ backlog, warns charity

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Fitness to practise delays set to rise further due to Social Work England budget pressures

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils urged to test social work early career framework

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

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Children, Social work leaders

Budget: Hunt finds £165m for children’s homes as part of public sector productivity drive

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Children, Social work leaders

Postcode lottery in child in need support uncovered by Children’s Commissioner

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Free webinar on wellbeing and secondary trauma in social work

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

One in nine councils granted emergency support to balance books

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils employing record number of children’s social workers on back of 25% recruitment boost

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of agency social workers up 25% year on year in adults’ services

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Four in five apprentices gained social work qualification in first cohort, figures show

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