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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
CQC joins call for care staff pay boost to prevent ‘tsunami of unmet need’
Social work leaders, Workforce
Senior leadership buy-in critical to tackling racism in social work, say experts
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social work ‘really held up’ in response to Covid-19, says Trowler
Social work leaders, Workforce
Black and ethnic minority workers three times as likely to fail ASYE as white colleagues, figures show
Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social workers’ wellbeing and quality of working life have decreased over course of pandemic, study finds
Social work leaders, Workforce
Social Work England missed standards on fitness to practice referrals, registration speed and diversity data in first year
Social work leaders, Workforce
Government rejects call to give social workers and care staff priority access to petrol
Councils should lose responsibility for children in care to national service, says fostering charity
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Government launches £12.7m tender for ‘more consistent’ delivery of ASYE scheme 
Unfinished DoLS applications fall for second consecutive year, annual statistics show 
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