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Children, Social work leaders

Government bids to clear up practitioner ‘confusion’ on information sharing

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Child protection ‘should be key driver of asylum response to children’

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Children, Workforce

Home Office has recruited just 40% of social workers needed for asylum body

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Community Care Live is back! Sign up now for free social work learning, wellbeing and networking

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Unaccompanied children in hotels are councils’ responsibility – judge

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Children, Social work leaders

Over 2,000 children per year could avoid care through family group conference rollout – research

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Legislate to limit social workers’ caseloads, Senedd members tell Welsh Government

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Adults, Children

Politicians urge end to ‘horrendous’ handcuffing of children in care

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Little known’ about which practice models work best amid ‘huge variation’ in approach – evidence body

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Frontline faces tougher targets for qualifying and retaining social workers in new contract

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Councils increasingly using ‘golden hellos’ to attract social workers

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

AMHP leads sound alarm over Met Police withdrawal from mental health-related incidents

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Short-notice’ children’s home closures show need for greater powers over market – sector heads

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Children 'will not get adequate protection from CSA' - inquiry chair

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How Finley Boden was returned to his parents

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Children, Social work leaders

Secure children’s home bed numbers fall despite huge level of need

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