Social work leaders

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Adults, Social work leaders

UPDATED: Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act

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Children's minister David Johnston

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care gets fifth minister in two years

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'Best interests' key on keyboard

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England consults on best interests assessor training standards

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Ray Jones holding a copy of his review of children's social care in Northern Ireland

Children, Social work leaders

Seven lessons for practitioners from the review of children’s social care in Northern Ireland

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Children, Social work leaders

Inspectors to probe agencies’ response to serious youth violence

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Gillian Keegan

Children, Social work leaders

Government urges councils to take in unaccompanied children after court rules hotel placements unlawful

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A red line graph going upwards

Adults, Social work leaders

Annual DoLS case numbers hit 300,000 following 11% hike

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improvement

Adults, Social work leaders

‘Failing’ council adults’ services will not be turned over to independent trusts

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Choose Social Work, Social work leaders

‘Stick with social work’: senior leaders share their best advice

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Employers refuse to budge on local government pay offer following positive strike votes

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Supreme Court

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Legal analysis: the Supreme Court’s verdict on ordinary residence and mental health aftercare

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upset parents talking to social worker

Children, Social work leaders

‘Why we’re providing therapy for parents in pre-proceedings’

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Close-up of woman's hands with calculator and utility bills. The concept of rising prices for heating, gas, electricity. A lot of utility bills and hands in a warm sweater on a calculator

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘There is no justification for agency and permanent social workers having very different pay’

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Adults, Social work leaders

Government to review case for powers of entry for social workers in adult safeguarding cases

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

AMHPs lack time for ‘extremely important’ pre-assessment work with people in crisis, finds survey

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