Social work leaders

Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

‘Worrying’ number of children wrongly placed in supported accommodation, says Ofsted chief

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Adults, Social work leaders

DoLS referral numbers hit new record but practitioners cut backlog and average case timeframes

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

ASYE failure rate falls but racial gap persists, reports Skills for Care

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Scheme to tackle racial disparities in social care workforce doubles in scope

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Jigsaw puzzle showing supply demand gap

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker shortage set to increase over next decade, says DfE

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Adults, Social work leaders

‘Massive postcode lottery’ in access to adult social care revealed by data, say charities

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Children, Social work leaders

Project seeks to improve quality of child safeguarding reviews

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Change course on social care’, leaders tell government after scrapping of cap and training fund

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Female care worker on home visit showing her ID, close up

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

£1bn shortfall in home care fees required to cover minimum wage, finds provider body’s research

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Economist Andrew Dilnot standing in a library

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Scrapping cap on care costs ‘another example of social care being tossed aside’, says Dilnot

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Chancellor of the Exchequer (2024-) Rachel Reeves

Adults, Social work leaders

Government scraps cap on care costs to help tackle spending ‘black hole’

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Adults, Social work leaders

CQC ‘not fit for purpose’, says Streeting, in wake of damning report

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King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England issues guidance on new AMHP training standards

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