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Adults, Workforce

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

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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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Coventry's unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s service pictured at the 2025 Frontline Awards, where they were named team of the year

Workforce

2025 Frontline Awards winners unveiled

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Workforce

Civil service pay remit sets limit for Cafcass social workers

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Workforce

Pay rise announced for NHS social workers in England

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Proportion of black directors of children’s services rises but lags well behind workforce level

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Workforce

Social work bursary boost for master’s students in Scotland

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Social work leaders, Workforce

AI in social work: opportunity or risk?

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Wellbeing, Workforce

‘I was diagnosed late with autism – here’s how I learned to deal with burnout’

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Workforce

Social Work England issues guide to change how media depicts profession

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Workforce

Social workers divided over ending of Think Ahead fast-track scheme

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Children, Social work leaders

DfE plans to test regional devolution of adoption support funding

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Children, Social work leaders

Rise in secure children’s home placement numbers following long decline

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