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    Children

    Guidance on LADO role to be issued for consultation in 2025

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    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

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    Children

    A Google Maps Tribute: a poem about a bereaved child’s resilience

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    Adults, Workforce

    Do social workers support assisted dying?

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Councils to receive delayed £22.6m in adult social care innovation funding

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    Adults, Workforce

    Assisted dying: social work role proposed to safeguard those going through process

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    Children, Workforce

    Writing a social work CV in children’s services

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Protect social care from ‘catastrophic’ national insurance increase, ADASS tells government

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Providers to cut care and jobs on back of Budget, finds survey

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    Workforce

    ‘She’s a team manager who always has your back’

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    Social worker making notes in document while talking to mother and child on a sofa

    Children, Social work leaders

    Agencies not equipped to protect children from sexual abuse in family, find safeguarding leaders

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Placing social workers in mental health trusts can help tackle out of area placements, says report

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    Workforce

    Social Work England to hold more of fitness to practise hearings as backlog continues to grow

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    Workforce

    Social workers more likely to quit over management than pay, poll finds

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social care providers face £2.8bn bill from wage and tax rises next year, analysis finds

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    Workforce

    60% of social workers were yet to renew registration two weeks out from deadline

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