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ADCS president for 2024-25, Andy Smith

Children, Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘The power of social work has shaped who I am’ – ADCS’s new care experienced president

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils employing record number of children’s social workers on back of 25% recruitment boost

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of agency social workers up 25% year on year in adults’ services

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Children, Workforce

Should councils be able to exceed agency social work price caps?

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils to be able to exceed agency social work price caps under planned locum rules

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Adults, Children, Workforce

A year in review: what happened in social work in 2023

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Pay now top motivator for social workers to change jobs

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Good social work basics’ key to year-on-year children’s services improvements – Ofsted

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of UK social worker job postings falls for fourth consecutive month, figures show

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE ditches plan to cap agency social worker pay to equivalent for permanent staff

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social work rules: ‘hugely frustrating’ delay to DfE consultation response

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Children, Workforce

DfE sets up group to tackle social worker workloads

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Workforce

Will price caps solve the pay gap between agency and permanent social workers?

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Close-up of woman's hands with calculator and utility bills. The concept of rising prices for heating, gas, electricity. A lot of utility bills and hands in a warm sweater on a calculator

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘There is no justification for agency and permanent social workers having very different pay’

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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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Social work leaders, Workforce

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

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