Social work leaders

Graph showing increasing workload

Adults, Social work leaders

Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

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Human rights card

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

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Children, Social work leaders

Number of foster care households shrinks for second consecutive year

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Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Labour pledges to reform Mental Health Act if elected

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Victoria Atkins

Adults, Social work leaders

Adult social care gets fourth cabinet minister in two years

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Cap on care costs: significant risks around plan to deliver delayed reform by 2025, says watchdog

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Jacky Tiotto, chief executive, Cafcass

Children, Social work leaders

‘Caseloads are the vital sign of social work health’ – Cafcass chief

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Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers advice: 'Take care of yourself first - it's not selfish, it's necessary'

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act reform ditched, King’s Speech confirms

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A newspaper on a wooden desk - Job Market

Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of UK social worker job postings falls for fourth consecutive month, figures show

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mandatory reporting: government not expecting hike in child sexual abuse referrals

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Social work leaders, Workforce

More staff found to be practising illegally as social workers, says regulator

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils rationing adult social care through ‘subjective’ eligibility judgments, finds think-tank

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Children, Social work leaders

Rising children’s social care costs deepening councils’ financial woes, finds study

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fast-track programme to train 320 more social workers in £19m contract extension

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investigations

Children, Social work leaders

Child protection enquiry total hits new annual high but proportion finding abuse continues to shrink

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