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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Local government pay: employers make ‘full and final’ offer

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Sector bodies urge Phillipson to reconsider Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund cuts

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    Middle-aged man giving advice to young man, while sitting on park bench

    Children, Social work leaders

    Councils given guide to evidence on mentoring schemes for children in care

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    Workforce

    ‘I have followed my manager to different agencies because of her supportive leadership’

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    An open notebook with the words 'anti-discrimination policy' written on the left-hand page

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social work ‘needs push’ to embed anti-discriminatory practice, say post-qualifying standards authors

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    Female care worker smiling as she enters the house of an older woman whom she is greeting

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Government renews funding to help overseas care staff left without work due to exploitation or visa issues

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    Adults

    Disability benefit reforms will increase social care demand and poverty, say practitioners

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    The word 'leadership' written on a blackboard with four coloured arrows pointing at it, each coming from a different phrase, to symbolise what feeds into leadership: 'empower people', 'inspire people', 'lead change' and 'share vision'

    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Effective leadership in social work

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    Girl looking sad to symbolise having suffered abuse

    Children, Social work leaders

    DfE makes huge cut to Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund payments

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    Children, Inform Children

    What is kinship care?

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    The words 'training & development' next to a cog

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Government launches digital social care qualification but providers criticise level of training funding

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    First practice guidance for AI in social work warns of bias and data privacy risks

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    Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, standing in front of a Union flag

    Children, Social work leaders

    National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

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    The word 'leadership' spelt out on a wooden letterpress sat on a table

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    New ADCS president sets out stall as government embarks on children’s social care reforms

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    Children

    ‘What I wish I had known when a child’s reaction frightened me’

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