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    Children, Social work leaders

    Almost half of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund awards last year exceeded new £3,000 limit

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Ray Jones: a critique of the DfE’s children’s social work reforms

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    Workforce

    2025 Frontline Awards winners unveiled

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    Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting (photo by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street)

    Workforce

    Pay rise announced for NHS social workers in England

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Proportion of black directors of children’s services rises but lags well behind workforce level

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    Workforce

    Social work bursary boost for master’s students in Scotland

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    AI in social work: opportunity or risk?

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    ‘I was diagnosed late with autism – here’s how I learned to deal with burnout’

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    Workforce

    Social Work England issues guide to change how media depicts profession

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    Workforce

    Social workers divided over ending of Think Ahead fast-track scheme

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    Children, Social work leaders

    DfE plans to test regional devolution of adoption support funding

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Rise in secure children’s home placement numbers following long decline

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    Workforce

    Podcast: social work around the world – West Bank and Gaza

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    Children, Workforce

    ‘How social workers can rebuild trust with Roma families and be agents of change’

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘I represented a social worker in a fitness to practise hearing – at times it felt like a criminal court’

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Adult social care needs £3.4bn annual funding boost by 2028-29 to stand still, says report

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