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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social work bodies urge action to boost flexible working opportunities

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social work assistants in Scotland to be regulated under SSSC proposal

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    Workforce

    ‘Her legacy as a social work mentor, a leader and a supporter ripples through the lives she touches’

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Number of agency social workers falls for first time in seven years in children’s services

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Children’s social worker caseload average falls to lowest recorded level, according to DfE measure

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    Children, Workforce

    Practitioners split over non-social work qualified staff taking on child in need assessments, poll finds

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Fall in proportion of Cafcass social workers holding more than 20 cases

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    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Our finding that social care touches a quarter of children shows the need to tackle poverty’

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    Adults, Children

    Free learning on restorative practice for World Social Work Day 2025

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    How social work managers can better support staff wellbeing

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Providers hold day of action in protest against Budget’s impact on social care

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘They shut down the conversation’: frontline practitioners discuss their experiences with management

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    Workforce

    Podcast: from law to social work – the experiences of two practitioners

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Over half of carers say they need more recognition from councils, survey finds

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    Adults, Children

    Child criminal exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ of vulnerable people to be made criminal offences

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Tackling long social care waiting lists through co-production

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