Social work leaders

Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders

40% of people delayed in hospital awaiting social care package

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Jigsaw puzzle showing supply demand gap

Children, Social work leaders

Placements ‘do not exist’ for asylum-seeking children in hotels – ADCS

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Asylum-seeking child

Children, Social work leaders

200 unaccompanied children still missing after disappearing from Home Office hotels

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Cafcass ‘imposes’ 2.5% pay deal on staff without agreement, say unions

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Social worker manager

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work diary: ‘Why I introduce myself as a social worker, not a manager’

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The word 'recruit' spelt out

Social work leaders, Workforce

Most councils struggling to recruit and retain social workers, finds LGA

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Young asylum seeker

Children, Social work leaders

Combine social work with scientific methods to boost reliability of age checks, experts advise government

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Houses of Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

The draft Mental Health Bill: parliamentary proposals for change

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Nurse helping woman rehabilitate in care home

Adults, Social work leaders

Risk of ‘poor or potentially illegal’ practice in care home discharge plan, warns ADASS

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Mental Capacity Act

Adults, Social work leaders

Some Court of Protection report orders ‘overly burdensome’, warn mental health leaders

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A doctor giving a woman a Covid vaccination

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Less than one in five care staff vaccinated against flu or boosted against Covid, figures reveal

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ADCS president Steve Crocker

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care review response will start to address mounting social work pressures, says ADCS president

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Care Act front page

Adults, Social work leaders

Care Act duties ‘permanently undermined’ by widespread breaches during Covid, argues study

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Therapy session, adult man talking to his psychotherapist

Children, Social work leaders

DfE proposes law change to improve adults’ access to adoption therapy

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders

Care home discharge plan risks inappropriate placements and neglects causes of crisis – sector

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