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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    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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