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Children, Social work leaders

‘Substantial work’ needed to improve family group conference data, study finds

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Workforce

Social workers reject regulator’s planned 33% rise in fees

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Workforce

Numbers starting social work apprenticeships continue to grow

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker registration fees in Scotland to rise by 50% over next 5 years despite opposition

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Adults, Social work leaders

7.7% boost to care home nursing fee welcome, but pressure on sector ‘relentless’, says provider body

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Workforce

‘Her empathetic leadership made me feel valued and motivated’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Record numbers of children’s social workers in post but fewer holding cases, figures reveal

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work bodies urge action to boost flexible working opportunities

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Adults, Social work leaders

First council rated outstanding since return of CQC adult social care assessments

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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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