Social care leaders

News, practice and comment for social work and social care senior managers
Josh MacAlister, chief executive of Frontline

Children, Workforce

Care review maintains stance that children’s services over-investigate families despite Ofsted pushback

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Andy Elvin, chief executive, TACT

Children, Workforce

Councils should lose responsibility for children in care to national service, says fostering charity

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Children, Workforce

Children’s Social Workers – Social work in the South

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Lyn Romeo, chief social worker for adults

Adults, Workforce

Lyn Romeo: adult social work in much stronger position since introduction of chief social worker role

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Adults, Children, Workforce

ADCS president aims to improve public image of care and end ‘formulaic’ social work

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Adults, Workforce

Four ways to make providers accountable for service users’ outcomes

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Care Act

Adults, Workforce

Are adult care cuts putting councils at more risk of legal challenges?

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Children, Workforce

Government to pump £200m into innovative children’s social care projects

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Adults, Workforce, Children

How can we avoid failures in private sector care for the most vulnerable?

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Children, Workforce, Adults

Five approaches to children’s social care that helped Cheshire West and Chester get a good Ofsted

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Workforce

Best team leaders can beat organisational problems and deliver great social work, finds report

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Workforce

‘There’s never been a greater need for senior managers with strong social work values’

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Adults, Children, Your Say, Workforce

We don’t need turnaround kings, we need long term investment in social care staff

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Workforce

Will social workers be forced to become accredited?

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Adults, Workforce

No mention of social care as government confirms £8bn boost to NHS

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Adults, Workforce

Spending review expected to deliver ‘some’ extra social care funding

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