Andrew McCulloch, Social Work England chair, with board members Adi Cooper (centre) and Sue Ross

    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social Work England: interim chair gets role on substantive basis

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    Workforce

    ‘My first manager taught me the meaning of good supervision’

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    Workforce

    The unexpected benefits of working part-time in social work

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    Social worker with kinship carer or adoptive parent and child

    Children, Social work leaders

    Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

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    Workforce

    Does the sector need more male social workers?

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Care leavers exempted from local connection requirement to access social housing

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    A teenage girl looks at a photo book at Christmas.

    Children, Inform Children

    Practice tips for undertaking life story work

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    Dial pointing at the word 'performance'

    Children, Social work leaders

    DfE seeking ‘more cost-effective’ alternative to children’s trusts for struggling services

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘A spokesperson for social work’: Ray Jones’s 50-year career in the sector

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    DHSC scraps second round of adult social work apprenticeship fund

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    Sarah McClinton and Robert Lewis

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Ex-ADASS president appointed chief social worker for adults

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Councils warned charging parents for children in care will undermine safeguarding and increase costs

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Government cuts £115m from adult social care staff training funding

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    Smiling colleagues conversing.

    Workforce

    ‘My colleague made me believe that people can change for the better’

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    Children

    ‘Why children with social workers need a dedicated pathway to access CAMHS’

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    Overtime, Office Binder on Wooden Desk. On the table colored pencils, pen, notebook paper

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Caseloads fall at Cafcass but social workers still struggling with work pressures, finds survey

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