Social work leaders

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Children, Social work leaders

Children more likely to be reunified when parents are referred to family drug and alcohol courts – research

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work’s public image ‘pushing people out of frontline roles and making families distrustful’

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Children, Social work leaders

Home Office placing asylum-seeking children in hotels unlawfully, rules High Court

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Is racism driving black and ethnic minority social workers into agency work?

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Agency social work is a response to demand and a flexible choice for staff – so rules curbing it won’t work’

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Very bad’ employers exploiting overseas social care staff, warns government migration adviser

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government shifts £600m destined for social care reform into tackling immediate pressures on services

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Racism driving black and minority ethnic social workers into agency work, finds research

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Police to stop attending mental health incidents unless there is significant safety risk or crime

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils selected to test specialist child protection social worker role

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Catastrophic’ loss of one in five supported accommodation beds projected, as regulation looms

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work bodies bemoan profession’s omission from NHS workforce plan

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Gillian Keegan

Social work leaders, Workforce

Government seeks new chair for Social Work England

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Positive signs’ on reducing number and length of care proceedings, says family court head

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Deputy minister for social services in Wales, Julie Morgan

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Legislation to limit caseloads for social workers rejected by Welsh Government

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John Pearce, ADCS president, 2023-24

Children, Social work leaders

Age assessment demands on social workers must be reduced, says ADCS president

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