Social work leaders

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Social work leaders, Workforce

AMHP workforce 35% short of what is needed for 24-hour service, say leads

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Proposed mandatory child abuse reporting law ‘a waste of printer’s ink’, campaigners warn

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Council staff offered ‘full and final’ £1,290 pay rise for 2024-25

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers doing more with less, seeing increased need and weighed down by admin, finds health check

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Adults, Social work leaders

Ten years of the Care Act 2014: ‘the right legislation, undermined by a lack of funding’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social work price caps will not come into force until spring 2025

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils invited to sign up to scheme to highlight racial inequalities in social care workforce

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Revised MCA code of practice ‘still under discussion’ two years after consultation on changes

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DHSC launches £16m fund to tackle exploitation of overseas care staff

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers from 22 bodies to develop resources to cut workloads

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Hundreds of social workers left in limbo’: BASW and unions urge action on fitness to practise delays

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Children, Social work leaders

Get up to speed with the DfE’s children’s social care reforms

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England committed ‘abuse of power’ in ‘punishing’ practitioner’s gender critical beliefs

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Adults, Social work leaders

DHSC to publish every council’s waiting times for adult social care assessments and services

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Melanie Williams

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS head’s message to next government

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David Pearson

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Increasing qualification levels, linked to pay, under consideration in adult social care workforce strategy

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