Social work leaders

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Half of councils given funding to recruit 461 social work apprentices to bolster children’s workforce

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE ditches plan to cap agency social worker pay to equivalent for permanent staff

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Lyn Romeo, chief social worker for adults

Adults, Social work leaders

DHSC seeks new chief social worker for adults in £100k role

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Minister sidesteps question on whether government will proceed with Mental Health Act reform

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Pay freeze for social workers and other care staff in Northern Ireland ‘unsustainable and unfair’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fund return to social work scheme and boost admin support to tackle vacancies, LGA urges government

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social care inequalities deepening due to cost of living crisis and squeezed council budgets, says CQC

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Social work leaders, Workforce

UNISON announces more strikes as other unions accept local government pay offer in Scotland

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Children, Social work leaders

Statutory duty to support birth parents needed to tackle repeat removals of children, says charity

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Moving from compliance to professional curiosity for social workers key to improvement – study

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Children, Social work leaders

Review into ‘complex and fragmented’ social care laws for disabled children begins

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Children, Social work leaders

Courts to stop monitoring regulation of unregistered placements for children deprived of liberty

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Qualification levels and average pay have fallen for care workers, official data shows

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Skills for Care to develop social care workforce strategy

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Children, Social work leaders

Significant disparities in council support for kinship carers revealed by survey

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