Social work leaders

Word blocks spelling out 'outsourcing' being changed to 'insourcing'

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s services return to council control as trust is wound up

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fair pay agreement for adult social care likely to increase council costs, says government

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Social care likely to be hit by cuts across most councils next year, finds survey

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Local government pay deal agreed following strike ballots

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Social work leaders, Workforce

PSWs urge social workers to ‘let go of frustrations’ over regulator’s decision to not check CPD sample

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Nurturing management key to building NQSW confidence, say social workers

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

New directors’ training programme extended to help tackle DCS turnover

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Jacky Tiotto, chief executive, Cafcass

Children, Social work leaders

Cafcass issues new domestic abuse policy to tackle practice shortfalls

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Assessors’ lack of social work experience among criticisms of CQC council checks in damning review

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils handed guide to what works in supporting kinship families

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Government confirms backing for family help model initiated by Conservatives

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Employment Rights Bill: government to create body to set adult social care pay and conditions

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of overseas care recruits plummets as report highlights sector’s reliance on them

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Jahnine Davis

Children, Social work leaders

Adultification bias expert appointed national kinship care ambassador

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Adults, Social work leaders

Overdue £22m adult social care innovation funding ‘risks disappearing’, warns charity

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Social work leaders, Workforce

8% of social workers had completed key registration tasks by end of first month of renewal period

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