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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work leaders come together to tackle mounting workforce issues

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils underfunded adult care services by at least £2.9bn in 2021-22, provider analysis suggests

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Children, Social work leaders

Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

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Children, Social work leaders

Councils no longer getting additional payments for taking asylum-seeking children from hotels

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Adults, Social work leaders

Systems for challenging adult social care decisions failing, warns rights regulator

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Unavailability of beds, doctors and transport increasing risks for those in crisis, warn AMHP heads

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

40% rise in number of social workers quitting children’s posts annually over past five years

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Council social workers offered ‘full and final’ £1,925 pay rise for 2023-24

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

UPDATED: Number of frontline children's social workers down 8% since 2020 as vacancies soar

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Sharp rise in vacancies placing ‘significant stress’ on social care OTs, warns college

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils urged to look beyond social work to widen pool of future DCSs

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Children, Social work leaders

Are regional care co-operatives the answer to care placement challenge?

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Colum Conway, chief executive, Social Work England

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England to research profession’s recruitment and retention challenges

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Does the DfE’s care review response address the pressures behind social workers leaving their jobs?

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Children, Social work leaders

Multiple and complex needs found in backgrounds of children deprived of liberty

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