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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social Work England: no checks on CPD sample following registration renewal for second year running

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    No criminal sanction for failing to report child sexual abuse under mandatory reporting plan

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    90 hours of CPD requirement dropped for social workers in Wales

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to continue with £50m for 2025-26

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social Work England watchdog praises speedier response to overseas registration requests

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    Workforce

    ‘Following my bipolar diagnosis, my social work team helped me remain in the job I love’

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund expires with no news on future

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social workers least likely to feel valued of adult social care staff groups, find survey

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    Workforce

    Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025 opens for entries

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social workers to be allowed to opt out of assisted dying process

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Starmer fails to confirm future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund as end looms

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    Children, Workforce

    My Care Story: ‘Every social worker always seemed to be in a rush’

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Experienced care workers earn 4p per hour more than new staff, reveals Skills for Care

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Over three million families to lose out from disability and incapacity benefit changes, says DWP

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    Children, Workforce

    ‘She has revolutionised the way we approach life story work’

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