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

    Children, Social work leaders

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

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    A poster for World Social Work Day 2025 showing a yellow figure bridging the gap between two mountains, alongside the words 'strengthening intergenerational solidarity for enduring wellbeing'

    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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    A rally outside the Houses of Parliament with campaigners holding up a banner with the words 'Providers Unite Day of Action'

    Adults, Social work leaders

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

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    Workforce

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

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    Woman looking stressed staring at a piece of paper that looks like a bill

    Adults, Social work leaders

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

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    Yvette Cooper

    Adults, Children

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

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    Older woman talking at a group meeting

    Adults, Social work leaders

    Tackling long social care waiting lists through co-production

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    Image of men with laptop, calculator and finance reports (Credit: lovelyday12 / Adobe Stock)

    Adults, Children, Social work leaders

    Almost one in five councils granted ‘exceptional’ financial support to help balance books

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social workers waiting longer for decisions on fitness to practise investigations

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    Workforce

    What do social workers think of unions’ 2025-26 pay claim?

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    The word 'fees' written on a notepad in the middle of a desk, alongside a computer, phone and some pencils

    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social Work England proposes 33% rise in fees this year

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    Isabella Jonas-Wheildon

    Children, Social work leaders

    Toddler’s murder shows need for cross-border child protection guidance, finds case review

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    A typewriter with a page on which the following words are typed: 'The Monster at Night by Rosie R.'

    Children

    The Monster at Night: a poem about the struggles of a disabled child

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    Kim Leadbeater MP

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social workers to sit on panels considering assisted dying requests under amendment to bill

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    Social worker talking to an agitated couple

    Children, Workforce

    ‘What I wish I had known about keeping safe during home visits’

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