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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Councils already planning £1.4bn in adult care savings next year before added pressures from Budget

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    Workforce

    ‘I know my manager’s busy – but she never shows this to us’

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    More people receiving adult social care following years of decline, data shows

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    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Impossible’ to assess effectiveness of child in need plans, warns watchdog

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    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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    Person placing a wooden block with the word 'budget' written in black on it on top of a similar block with the word 'gap' written on it

    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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    Chancellor of the Exchequer (2024-) Rachel Reeves

    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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    Human rights card

    Adults, Social work leaders

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

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