Tag Archives | children’s social care policy

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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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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE to give update on early career support for children’s social workers

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Parallel to care system’ for unaccompanied children to be scrapped in asylum reforms

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Mother looking at young daughter, who is sitting on her lap, during session with a social worker

Children, Social work leaders

Strong evidence parenting support services improve outcomes for families in adversity, councils told

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE to quiz councils on balance of social workers and other practitioners in family help teams

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The Houses of Parliament in London

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

MPs back plan to regulate agency staff use in children’s services

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Safeguarding reforms at risk from shortage of home education staff, warns ADCS head

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Children, Workforce

Guidance on admin support for social workers being developed by workload action group

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The Houses of Parliament in London

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill explained

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Image of Isabelle Trowler, the chief social worker for children and families

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

DfE plans will curb profiteering but not without cutting care placement supply, say social workers

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social work rules to be ‘strengthened’ and extended to other staff

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Children, Social work leaders

Government to create new type of accommodation for children at risk of deprivation of liberty

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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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