Tag Archives | children’s social care policy

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Families first for children’ model to be rolled out to all councils, says chief social worker

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Crackdown on excessive profits’ pledged as government unveils children’s social care reforms

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Children, Social work leaders

10% drop in mainstream foster care household numbers since 2021

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care reform delay will prolong ‘crisis’ and increase costs, charities warn

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Children, Social work leaders

Budget includes £44m for kinship and foster care

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Government confirms backing for family help model initiated by Conservatives

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Children, Social work leaders

Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Project to cut social work workloads to continue under Labour government

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Regions seeking to develop joint agreement on employing agency social workers

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Government to legislate to tackle ‘profiteering’ in children’s social care, says minister

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Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted to scrap single-word judgments of social care services

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Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting

Adults, Children

Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson handed responsibility for social care in Labour government

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Children, Social work leaders

Get up to speed with the DfE’s children’s social care reforms

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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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Children, Social work leaders

Family reunification hampered by lack of specialist teams, strategy and resources, finds study

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

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

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