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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Social care buy-in for fair pay plan at risk after Budget tax hike’

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

How the government plans to reform the Mental Health Act 1983

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Bill to overhaul ‘outdated’ Mental Health Act introduced

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Workforce

‘I know my manager’s busy – but she never shows this to us’

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Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving adult social care following years of decline, data shows

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Rachel de Souza

Children, Social work leaders

‘Impossible’ to assess effectiveness of child in need plans, warns watchdog

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care case numbers fell last year, show official figures

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of social work students falls for second consecutive year in Scotland

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England sets out expectations of graduates joining profession

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers have less time for learning than 12 months ago, finds CC Inform research

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social work rules come into force

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care reform delay will prolong ‘crisis’ and increase costs, charities warn

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Workforce

‘A true champion for transformative change in social care’

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

£600m for social care ‘risks being swallowed by wage and employer tax rises’, warn sector leaders

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Chancellor of the Exchequer (2024-) Rachel Reeves

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

£600m boost for social care next year announced in Budget

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Workforce

Social workers want CPD requirements scrapped or reduced

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