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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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A black social worker looking contemplative while working at laptop

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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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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Adults, Social work leaders

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

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Workforce

Social work student support boost welcome, but more needed, say campaigners in Scotland

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Adults, Inform Adults

Preparing for court: a checklist for social workers

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Workforce

Social work through the decades: a timeline

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Children, Social work leaders

Budget includes £44m for kinship and foster care

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Workforce

Council sets up internship to help Hong Kong social workers register to practise

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