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    Social Worker Talking To Mother And Children At Home

    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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    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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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Pay boost for many thousands of care workers as government raises national living wage by 6.7%

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    ‘Chronic’ DoLS backlogs leaving many without human rights protections, warns CQC

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    Workforce

    Social work student support boost welcome, but more needed, say campaigners in Scotland

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    Adults, Inform Adults

    Preparing for court: a checklist for social workers

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    Workforce

    Social work through the decades: a timeline

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Budget includes £44m for kinship and foster care

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