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Children, Social work leaders

40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

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Rachel de Souza

Children, Social work leaders

Postcode lottery in child in need support uncovered by Children’s Commissioner

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Council House, Birmingham

Adults, Children, Workforce

Review of social work teams among £370m in savings plans set out by Birmingham

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Children, Social work leaders

Can systemic practice improve how early help staff support families?

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Specialist child protection role poses workforce challenge for test-bed authorities

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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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Children, Workforce

Families missing out on social work support because early help staff given overly complex cases – report

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

How social workers’ roles would change under Working Together overhaul

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Care review lead Josh MacAlister

Children, Social work leaders

MacAlister appointed to co-lead merged evidence body for social care and early intervention

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Camden council celebrates after receiving 'outstanding' grade from Ofsted

Children, Social work leaders

‘Exemplary practice’ sees borough rise to outstanding rating

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Children, Social work leaders

Higher early help spend and less poverty strongly linked to positive Ofsted ratings, research finds

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Stable social work management crucial to improvements at ‘inadequate’ council, says DCS

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Children, Social work leaders

More than 60,000 children a year re-referred to social care after missing out on early help, research finds

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