Tag Archives | social work caseloads
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows
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Improvements at ‘inadequate’ council mean no children left at risk of harm as full reinspection looms
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social work recruitment difficulties undermining practice at struggling council
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Quality of social workers ‘higher than ever’, says ADCS president
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Caseloads bigger, more complex and harder to manage, say children’s social workers
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Acute’ social work staffing issues and ‘relentless’ workloads slow progress at new unitary authority
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Council improves to ‘good’ after increasing social worker numbers to cut caseloads
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Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce
Omicron infections in wider workforce ‘adding pressure’ to ‘exhausted’ social workers
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