Social work leaders

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Children, Social work leaders

Self-reported disability rate among care leavers double that recorded by councils, finds research

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Half of councils given funding to recruit adult social work apprentices

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Children, Social work leaders

Care proceedings delays reduce but 26-week target still missed in most cases

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils given £1,125 each to meet agency social worker data burdens

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Adults, Social work leaders

10% drop in section 136 detention numbers linked to policy limiting police response to mental ill-health

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Adults, Social work leaders

Watchdog increasingly finding fault with councils on social care assessments and plans

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Andrew McCulloch, Social Work England chair, with board members Adi Cooper (centre) and Sue Ross

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England: interim chair gets role on substantive basis

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of fitness to practise cases lasting at least three years doubles

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Children, Social work leaders

Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

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Children, Social work leaders

Care leavers exempted from local connection requirement to access social housing

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Children, Social work leaders

DfE seeking ‘more cost-effective’ alternative to children’s trusts for struggling services

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘A spokesperson for social work’: Ray Jones’s 50-year career in the sector

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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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