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Children, Social work leaders

Social work practice changes urged to promote direct contact between adopted children and birth families

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Workforce

Podcast: Locum v perm - what works for you?

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Employers given guidance on implementing agency social work rules and improving staff support

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Workforce

Local government pay: who’s most to ‘blame’ for this year’s pay deal?

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Workforce

Quarter of social workers had completed registration requirements with one month to go

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Social care buy-in for fair pay plan at risk after Budget tax hike’

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

How the government plans to reform the Mental Health Act 1983

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils already planning £1.4bn in adult care savings next year before added pressures from Budget

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Bill to overhaul ‘outdated’ Mental Health Act introduced

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Workforce

‘I know my manager’s busy – but she never shows this to us’

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving adult social care following years of decline, data shows

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Rachel de Souza

Children, Social work leaders

‘Impossible’ to assess effectiveness of child in need plans, warns watchdog

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Social Worker Talking To Mother And Children At Home

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care case numbers fell last year, show official figures

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of social work students falls for second consecutive year in Scotland

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England sets out expectations of graduates joining profession

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A black social worker looking contemplative while working at laptop

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers have less time for learning than 12 months ago, finds CC Inform research

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