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Social workers expecting ‘significant cuts’ to social care funding over coming year

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DoLS: older people routinely having rights breached because of failure to tackle ‘huge’ backlog, warns charity

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

One in nine councils granted emergency support to balance books

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Review of social work teams among £370m in savings plans set out by Birmingham

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Adults, Children

‘State of crisis’ for domestic abuse services because of cuts, warns commissioner

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social worker numbers hit record high on back of funding rise

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

400 additional social work apprenticeships on cards as councils invited to bid for £12m fund

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures

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budget cuts

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Four in ten adult care providers reduced services last year due to cost pressures

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils given funding to train more staff as social workers through apprenticeships

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

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Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving long-term care following years of decline

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% national living wage hike will trigger adult social care cuts, councils warn

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils need more funding to manage CQC adult services performance checks, leaders warn

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise

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Adults, Social work leaders

Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

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