Workforce

    How to secure a new job after receiving a negative reference

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    Adults, Workforce

    Adult social worker pay down 5% in real-terms since 2016, data shows

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social worker numbers hit new record high in adults’ services

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    Workforce

    Supervising social workers key to foster carer retention, amid deepening shortage, research shows

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    Government unveils plan to prevent risks to telecare users from digital switchover

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    Children, Inform Children

    Parental substance misuse: how to support children

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    DfE to give update on early career support for children’s social workers

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    Children

    Where does the stigma around care-experienced people originate from?

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    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Parallel to care system’ for unaccompanied children to be scrapped in asylum reforms

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    Adults, Children, Workforce

    Learn from the lived experience of childhood trauma

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    Adults, Future of Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

    AI tool improves direct work in adult social care despite accuracy issues, practitioners report

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Bill to remove profit from children’s care in Wales approved by Senedd

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Social workers have less time for learning than 12 months previously, finds CC Inform research

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Strong evidence parenting support services improve outcomes for families in adversity, councils told

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    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    DfE to quiz councils on balance of social workers and other practitioners in family help teams

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    Workforce

    Poverty often overlooked in social work assessments, say practitioners

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