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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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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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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