Workforce

Would you work for an ‘inadequate’ service?

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Adults, Social work leaders

£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

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Adults

Get up to speed with the law on adult safeguarding

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Children, Social work leaders

Case reviews ‘silent’ on racial bias in child protection decision making

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Workforce

What would you like to hear about from fellow social workers?

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Children, Social work leaders

Sevenfold increase in number of children placed in unregistered homes over past three years

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Adults

Assisted dying bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

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Children

Guidance on LADO role to be issued for consultation in 2025

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

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Children

A Google Maps Tribute: a poem about a bereaved child’s resilience

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Adults, Workforce

Do social workers support assisted dying?

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils to receive delayed £22.6m in adult social care innovation funding

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Adults, Workforce

Assisted dying: social work role proposed to safeguard those going through process

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Children, Workforce

Writing a social work CV in children’s services

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Melanie Williams

Adults, Social work leaders

Protect social care from ‘catastrophic’ national insurance increase, ADASS tells government

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Adults, Social work leaders

Providers to cut care and jobs on back of Budget, finds survey

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