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Councils selected to test specialist child protection social worker role
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
DfE pledges action on ‘excessive’ workload pressures for children’s social workers
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
DfE backs early career framework but rejects national pay scales for children’s social workers
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Agency social worker pay to be capped to that of permanent staff
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Specialist child protection social workers to be piloted in DfE care review response
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Care review response will start to address mounting social work pressures, says ADCS president
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Fivefold rise in number of social workers hired through agency teams in past year, report directors
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
One in five children’s social work posts vacant in wake of rising stress and workloads, finds research
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Councils need more funding to manage CQC adult services performance checks, leaders warn
Specialist child protection role poses workforce challenge for test-bed authorities
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Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head
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Ofsted calls for power to scrutinise children’s home groups
Seven in eight commissioners paying below ‘minimum rate for home care’
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