Social work leaders

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers honoured in King’s birthday list

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Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves talking to residents in Great Yarmouth in 2023

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

No funded social care commitments in Labour manifesto

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties – research

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Children, Social work leaders

No new funding for children’s social care reforms in Tory manifesto despite £2.6bn care review bill

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Adults, Social work leaders

Conservative manifesto pledge to implement cap on care costs is unfunded, warns think-tank

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Adults, Social work leaders

How prioritisation tool can help councils tackle their DoLS backlogs

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mounting social care costs leave councils facing £6.2bn black hole over next two years, warns LGA

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Proportion of social work roles offered part-time grows slightly but remains less than a quarter

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England interim chair reappointed following DfE failure to recruit permanent head

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Sector concern as DfE ends social work teaching partnership funding

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adoption leaders bid to reform ‘institutionally racist’ system

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Children, Social work leaders

Bill to end profit from children’s care placements in Wales published

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

What the 2024 general election means for social care

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Eileen Munro sat at a conference room, wearing a black blazer and white shirt.

Social work leaders, Workforce

Eileen Munro on the legacy of her child protection review

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Adults, Social work leaders

Good ratings for first three council adult services assessed by CQC

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Why we need to celebrate – not stigmatise – neurodiversity in social work’

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