Social work leaders

Prime minister Keir Starmer standing in the cabinet room in 10 Downing Street

Children, Social work leaders

Starmer fails to confirm future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund as end looms

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Experienced care workers earn 4p per hour more than new staff, reveals Skills for Care

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Adults, Social work leaders

Over three million families to lose out from disability and incapacity benefit changes, says DWP

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children’s social workers to be measured against new post-qualifying standards

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of unregulated experts in family courts to be curbed following ‘parental alienation’ concerns

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Independent reviewer interviewing a social worker for a case review

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Why involving social workers in case reviews improves outcomes’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE proposes two-year support scheme for children’s social workers to replace ASYE

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: minister ‘doing everything to push forward decision’

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Adults, Social work leaders

MPs overturn exemption for care providers from national insurance contributions rise

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Liz Kendall, smiling, wearing a blue shirt

Adults, Social work leaders

Many disabled people face benefit cuts in government plan to save over £5bn from welfare system

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Social work mentors need to be positive but also have the courage to be critical’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Black social worker representation halves between front line and management, data shows

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Adults, Social work leaders

CQC sets out lessons from first tranche of local authority adults’ services assessments

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The Houses of Parliament in London

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament

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A care worker or nurse helping an older woman through an arm exercise, while both are sitting on a sofa in a living room

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘How reablement can better support independence and quality of life’

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Lack of staff and beds leading to ‘harmful’ gaps in mental healthcare, warns CQC

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