Social work leaders

Book with title employment tribunal on a table.

Social work leaders, Workforce

Why social worker won harassment claims against council and regulator over gender critical beliefs

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

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils urged to join project to curb social workers’ workloads

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budget cuts

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Four in ten adult care providers reduced services last year due to cost pressures

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Social worker doing direct work with child

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Child in need assessments opened up to non-social work staff despite risk concerns

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A practice educator or social work manager talking to a student

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils given funding to train more staff as social workers through apprenticeships

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'Policy update' written on road sign

Children, Social work leaders

Panel disappointed with ministers’ response to its proposals to boost safeguarding of disabled children

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers hailed in New Year Honours list

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Dial pointed at the word 'strategy'

Children, Social work leaders

DfE launches first national kinship strategy

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Dial pointing at the word 'performance'

Adults, Social work leaders

CQC streamlines adults’ services assessment process following concerns over burden on councils

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Mark Drakeford, first minister of Wales, 2018-24

Social work leaders

Social work pays tribute to one of its own as Mark Drakeford announces resignation

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Nurse helping woman rehabilitate in care home

Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving long-term care following years of decline

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beverley tarka

Adults, Social work leaders

Unearthing ‘gold standard’ practice with unpaid carers

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The word 'registration' in neon lights

Social work leaders, Workforce

Record 100,000-plus social workers renew registration

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Girl looking sad to symbolise having suffered abuse

Children, Social work leaders

National review launched into familial child sexual abuse

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Do employers address issues with high caseloads in social work teams?

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