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Social work leaders, Workforce

8% of social workers had completed key registration tasks by end of first month of renewal period

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Workforce

AI could be time-saving for social workers but needs regulation, say sector bodies

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Children, Social work leaders

Self-reported disability rate among care leavers double that recorded by councils, finds research

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Workforce

The social work assistant who became ‘the glue that holds the team together’

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Workforce

Social Work England will not review sample of CPD records following current registration renewal period

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Children, Social work leaders

Care proceedings delays reduce but 26-week target still missed in most cases

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils given £1,125 each to meet agency social worker data burdens

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Adults, Social work leaders

10% drop in section 136 detention numbers linked to policy limiting police response to mental ill-health

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Adults, Social work leaders

Watchdog increasingly finding fault with councils on social care assessments and plans

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Workforce

Social work apprenticeship to be launched in Scotland

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Andrew McCulloch, Social Work England chair, with board members Adi Cooper (centre) and Sue Ross

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England: interim chair gets role on substantive basis

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Workforce

‘My first manager taught me the meaning of good supervision’

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of fitness to practise cases lasting at least three years doubles

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Workforce

The unexpected benefits of working part-time in social work

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Children, Social work leaders

Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

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Workforce

Does the sector need more male social workers?

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