Tag Archives | children’s social care policy

Fatima Whitbread at the One Voice Summit

Children

Fatima Whitbread appeals to the government to overhaul care system

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Children

Will the proposed national child protection agency help improve practice in England?

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Social worker making notes in document while talking to mother and child on a sofa

Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund opens for applications in 2025-26

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Girl looking sad to symbolise having suffered abuse

Children, Social work leaders

DfE makes huge cut to Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund payments

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Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, standing in front of a Union flag

Children, Social work leaders

National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

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The word 'leadership' spelt out on a wooden letterpress sat on a table

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

New ADCS president sets out stall as government embarks on children’s social care reforms

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The words Foster Care concept and theme written in vintage wooden letterpress type on a grunge background.

Children, Social work leaders

£25m boost to foster care support and recruitment from 2026-28

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Social worker with two young children

Children, Social work leaders

Family support spending recovers following years of stagnation, data shows

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A professional man talking to a mother and child

Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to continue with £50m for 2025-26

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Prime minister Keir Starmer standing in the cabinet room in 10 Downing Street

Children, Social work leaders

Starmer fails to confirm future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund as end looms

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Headline Standards on note pad; office desk with electronic devices, computer and paper, wood table from above

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children’s social workers to be measured against new post-qualifying standards

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Social worker in supervision w ith manager

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE proposes two-year support scheme for children’s social workers to replace ASYE

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Legislation, Office Binder on Wooden Desk. On the table colored pencils, pen, notebook paper

Children, Social work leaders

Corporate parenting duty to be placed on government departments and public bodies

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One woman interviewing another for a job in an office

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Record numbers of children’s social workers in post but fewer holding cases, figures reveal

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Social Worker Talking To Mother And Children At Home

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children’s social worker caseload average falls to lowest recorded level, according to DfE measure

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Children, Workforce

Practitioners split over non-social work qualified staff taking on child in need assessments, poll finds

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