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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
Social work leaders, Workforce
CPD requirement on social workers will double next year, Social Work England confirms
‘At times you feel like an imposter’: why care experienced social workers need their own association
Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
Care homes face losing 40,000 staff from compulsory vaccinations policy
Children, Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce
Growing majority of children’s social workers feeling stressed and overworked, finds DfE study
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Podcast: Working together to be stronger for children and families 
Trusting instincts and the evidence: NQSWs reflect on the past year 
“The family safeguarding model gives families the platform to tell us who they are – not what they are” 
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Multi-agency working: setting up a professional network around a family 
What are primary health needs? Demystifying continuing healthcare 
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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