Tag Archives | fitness to practise
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Social work leaders, Workforce
‘Hundreds of social workers left in limbo’: BASW and unions urge action on fitness to practise delays
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Fitness to practise delays set to rise further due to Social Work England budget pressures
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Black, male and 40-plus social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise process
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Social Work England bids to tackle systemic causes of fitness to practise issues in new strategy
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Senior practitioner loses bid to keep court judgment that he abused ex-partner from Social Work England
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Less than 1% of social workers reported to regulator referred to hearing or found to have fitness to practise issues
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Adults, Children, Social work leaders
DfE gives regulator £2.3m to help clear fitness to practise backlog
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Social Work England missed standards on fitness to practice referrals, registration speed and diversity data in first year
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