Social work leaders

Overtime, Office Binder on Wooden Desk. On the table colored pencils, pen, notebook paper

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Caseloads fall at Cafcass but social workers still struggling with work pressures, finds survey

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Notebook with list of rules and pen on yellow background, flat lay

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Rules curbing councils’ use of agency social workers to come into force

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Woman social worker talking to girl. Child psychology, mental health.

Children, Social work leaders

Inspectors to probe agencies’ response to child victims of domestic abuse

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils losing ground to NHS in competition for social workers, warns LGA

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investigations

Children, Social work leaders

Home Office age assessments for asylum seekers under inspection

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Lord (Ara) Darzi

Adults, Social work leaders

‘Dire state of social care’ among reasons NHS is in ‘disrepair’, adviser tells government

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Post-it notes on a wall with the word 'workload' in the foreground

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Project to cut social work workloads to continue under Labour government

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Compass dial pointing to word 'performance'

Adults, Social work leaders

No plans to scrap single-word ratings for adults’ services, says government

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agreement

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Regions seeking to develop joint agreement on employing agency social workers

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Government to legislate to tackle ‘profiteering’ in children’s social care, says minister

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Regional policy key on keyboard

Children, Social work leaders

Regional care commissioning test-bed sites selected

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Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Social work leaders

60% of community social care services have no or ‘outdated’ performance rating, analysis finds

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Sad girl hugging a teddy

Children, Social work leaders

Response to neglect ‘slow and inadequate’ due to high thresholds and lack of services, finds NSPCC

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Magnifying glass focusing on the word inspection

Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted to scrap single-word judgments of social care services

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Dial pointing at the word 'leadership

Social work leaders, Workforce

New leadership for AMHP Leads Network

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Wooden blocks spelling out 'health and safety at work'

Social work leaders, Workforce

Definition of safer staffing levels in social work proposed to inform legislation

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