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Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted to issue separate judgment on council care leaver services

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Children, Social work leaders

Council’s ‘relentless drive’ to improve children’s experiences helps it shed ‘inadequate’ tag

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refugee child from Yemen

Children, Social work leaders

Latest rise in care population driven by growth in number of asylum-seeking children, show DfE figures

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foster-care-family

Children, Social work leaders

One in eight fostering households quit last year, finds Ofsted

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ADCS president Steve Crocker

Children, Social work leaders

DfE working on plan to restrict use of agency social workers, says ADCS president

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Teenage girl in care

Children, Social work leaders

Specialist placements needed to reform a care system not working for teenagers, finds review

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immigrant child

Children, Social work leaders

Councils unable to safeguard children subject to immigration control, finds study

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Eviction

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers urged to help tackle impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of tougher eviction laws

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Rebekah Pierre

Children

‘I wanted to go back and stand up for the little girl that I was’

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anonymous social worker

Social work leaders, Workforce

NQSW: ‘I get to the end of the second week after being paid and don’t have any money’

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Minister for schools and childhood Kelly Tolhurst

Children, Social work leaders

DfE merges schools and children’s social care responsibilities under new minister

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stressed social worker

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘We are just working to live at the moment’ – social workers on the cost of living crisis

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Person holding empty wallet to symbolise cost of living crisis

Social work leaders, Workforce

Most social workers out of pocket from inadequate mileage allowances, survey finds

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LGBTQ Flag

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England swaps Stonewall LGBTQ+ staff inclusion scheme for alternative

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support

Workforce

Charity for social workers in need struggling to meet demand as cost of living crisis bites

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Image of Middlesbrough town hall and civic centre (Credit: Francis Hannaway / Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Social work leaders

‘Inadequate’ council making headway with front door and early help services, Ofsted finds

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