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    Children, Social work leaders

    Councils warned charging parents for children in care will undermine safeguarding and increase costs

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    Workforce

    ‘My colleague made me believe that people can change for the better’

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    Children

    ‘Why children with social workers need a dedicated pathway to access CAMHS’

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Caseloads fall at Cafcass but social workers still struggling with work pressures, finds survey

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    Children, Workforce

    Social workers don’t feel supported to work with fathers, poll finds

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    Adults, Inform Adults

    Coercive and controlling behaviour: tips for social care practitioners on supporting victims

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Rules curbing councils’ use of agency social workers to come into force

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Inspectors to probe agencies’ response to child victims of domestic abuse

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Councils losing ground to NHS in competition for social workers, warns LGA

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Home Office age assessments for asylum seekers under inspection

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    Children, Workforce

    ‘Social work, domestic abuse and coercive control: do we know what is going on and why?’

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    ‘Dire state of social care’ among reasons NHS is in ‘disrepair’, adviser tells government

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    Workforce

    ‘She pushed me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to better myself’

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Project to cut social work workloads to continue under Labour government

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    Children, Workforce

    More children at risk of extra-familial harm or reliant on food banks, say social workers

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    Workforce

    Social workers weigh in on how to improve the ASYE

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