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    Workforce

    To my practice educator: ‘You helped me build resilience during challenging times’

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    Adults, Children, Workforce

    Social work in the 2000s: New Labour’s focus on performance management

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    Adults, Children, Workforce

    Not the role of social work courses to train students in specialist practice areas, say academic leaders

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    a group of social workers looking at the camera in front of a green background
    Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

    Adults, Social work leaders

    60% of community social care services have no or ‘outdated’ performance rating, analysis finds

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    Sara Galvin wearing a Vans tshirt and a rainbow lineyard

    Adults, Workforce

    ‘Our clients were invisible until our team came into being’: leading a service supporting homeless people

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    Workforce

    UNISON opens strike ballot over local government pay offer

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    Sad girl hugging a teddy

    Children, Social work leaders

    Response to neglect ‘slow and inadequate’ due to high thresholds and lack of services, finds NSPCC

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    the angel of the north, a massive sculpture standing with wings outspread looking out over the Northumbrian countryside.

    Workforce

    Do we need more men in social work?

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    Workforce

    How much does online misinformation affect social workers?

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Ofsted to scrap single-word judgments of social care services

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    Budget folder and calculator

    Adults, Children

    £2.3bn boost to social care spending in 2023-24

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    Walsall Arboretum. The image shows a striking building with a high clock tower set against a blue sky, with green grass at the front and two trees in full leaf either side.
    No Racism sign being held

    Workforce

    Over half of councils signed up to scheme to tackle social care workforce race inequalities

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    Register Now sign on a desk

    Workforce

    Social work registration renewal period opens in England

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    Young woman receiving counselling

    Adults, Children

    Half of Rape Crisis services expect to make cuts, despite growing demand from children’s social care

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    Workforce

    Social worker numbers increase in Scottish councils

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    Workforce

    Social Work England seeks AMHPs and BIAs to inspect training courses

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