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Social work leaders, Workforce

Postgraduate apprenticeships provide new route into social work

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Adults, Workforce

A day in the life of a social care occupational therapist

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Workforce

The support worker brothers going ‘above and beyond’ for families and colleagues

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Adults

Deprivation of liberty court application numbers hit record high

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Workforce

‘Dear social worker’: a poem to make practitioners feel seen

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Community Care readers’ voting intentions revealed

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Workforce

‘Mum and Boy’: a social work author’s take on the mother-son relationship

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

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

BASW chief Ruth Allen on the state of mental health social work

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Workforce

‘She helps me bounce back when I’m struggling with the job’

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Children, Workforce

Social workers to strike over election day as Northern Ireland dispute escalates

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Workforce

How do you learn in your social work role?

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental health social workers pose greatest recruitment and retention challenge for adults’ services

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Workforce

Most social workers would prefer to work part-time, poll finds

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Council social care spending up 10% in real terms for second year in a row, data shows

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Adults, Social work leaders

Parties have neglected social care in election campaign, say sector heads

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental health leads hail project to highlight impact of AMHP work

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