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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Council to take children’s services back in-house

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    Workforce

    Should the government use AI to reform public services?

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    The word 'costs' spelt out in 3-D letters of increasing height against a turquoise background

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social care leaders sound alarm over 120% hike in sponsorship fees for overseas staff

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    A road sign with two boards, one that reads 'temporary' and the other 'permanent'

    Workforce

    No agency social workers used in statutory services in Northern Ireland since September 2023

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    Male University Or College Student Having Individual Meeting With Tutor Or Counsellor

    Inform Adults, Inform Children, Workforce

    Promoting reflective practice: tips for practice educators

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    A group of colleagues discussing statistics in a meeting

    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Flawed children in care statistics’ undermine council placement provision, warns regional body

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    The Scottish Government building in Victoria Quay, Leith

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Scottish Government scraps national care service restructure

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    Social worker talking to father and upset daughter

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Safeguarding reforms at risk from shortage of home education staff, warns ADCS head

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    Blocks spelling out the word 'wage' with a line graph above it and a man in a suit pointing at it

    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Unions lodge local government pay claims in Scotland

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    Post-it notes on a wall with the word 'workload' in the foreground

    Children, Workforce

    Guidance on admin support for social workers being developed by workload action group

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    Lemn Sissay

    Children, Social work leaders

    Lemn Sissay: ‘All care stories should be successful ones’

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    Jenny Molloy, who writes under the pseudonym Hope Daniels, signing her book 'This Isn't Love' at Community Care Live 2024.

    Adults, Children

    Book review: ‘This Isn’t Love’ by Hope Daniels

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    Workforce

    Should social workers feel unvalued by society?

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    Old metal sign with the inscription Vacancies

    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Adult social care vacancy rate fell last year, data suggests

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    Children, Workforce

    Cafcass pay deal for 2024-25 agreed

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    Yvette Cooper

    Children, Social work leaders

    Government orders national audit of child sexual exploitation by gangs

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