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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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    Children, Workforce

    ‘Social workers need to understand their power’: June Thoburn on her research career

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social workers honoured in King’s birthday list

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    Children

    Most social workers back ban on profit-making from children’s care

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    Award-winning author Jenny Molloy speaking at Community Care Live 2023

    Adults, Children, Workforce

    Register now for Community Care Live 2024!

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    Adults, Inform Adults

    End-of-life care: tips for communicating with carers

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders

    No funded social care commitments in Labour manifesto

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    Workforce

    A social work student celebrates her ‘unsung heroes’

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders

    Third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties – research

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