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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    Happy grandmother hugging her grandson

    Children, Social work leaders

    Budget to include £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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    Workforce

    Social workers split over impact of AI on professional skills

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    Word blocks spelling out 'outsourcing' being changed to 'insourcing'

    Children, Social work leaders

    Children’s services return to council control as trust is wound up

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    Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Fair pay agreement for adult social care likely to increase council costs, says government

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    Adults, Children, Social work leaders

    Social care likely to be hit by cuts across most councils next year, finds survey

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Local government pay deal agreed following strike ballots

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    Workforce

    To my supervisor: ‘Every supervision session with you feels like a gift’

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    Never stop learning written on a memo stick. Lifelong learning concept.

    Social work leaders, Workforce

    PSWs urge social workers to ‘let go of frustrations’ over regulator’s decision to not check CPD sample

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