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Events, Social work leaders, Workforce

Book your place for Community Care Live 2025

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

£1.6bn deficit in funding to meet minimum home care costs, finds provider body’s research

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Workforce

Most social workers unaware of Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard, poll finds

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Children, Social work leaders

What the new standalone Adoption Support Plan means for social work practice

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Children, Social work leaders

What works body bids to strengthen use of evidence in children’s social care

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental healthcare for looked-after children ‘inadequate and unevidenced’, warn experts

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Workforce

Tell us what you look for in a social work job

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Children, Social work leaders

Parents increasingly making covert recordings of social workers for court, say family justice leaders

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Adults, Children, Workforce

‘It’s about fostering relationships and learning’: social work leaders on navigating multidisciplinary teams

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Adults, Workforce

Ending international recruitment of care workers risks severe staff shortages, say practitioners

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England gets budget boost to help tackle fitness to practise backlogs

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Adults, Children, Inform Adults, Inform Children

Practice tips on engaging with parents with learning disabilities

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Children, Social work leaders

Number of reported child deaths or serious harm cases down by a quarter in two years

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Children, Social work leaders

Almost half of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund awards last year exceeded new £3,000 limit

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Ray Jones: a critique of the DfE’s children’s social work reforms

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Workforce

2025 Frontline Awards winners unveiled

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