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Children, Inform Children

Responding to children’s disclosures of domestic abuse: a three-step approach

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Children, Social work leaders

Number of foster care households shrinks for second consecutive year

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Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Labour pledges to reform Mental Health Act if elected

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Jacky Tiotto, chief executive, Cafcass

Children, Social work leaders

‘Caseloads are the vital sign of social work health’ – Cafcass chief

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Children, Workforce

Families missing out on social work support because early help staff given overly complex cases – report

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Houses of Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act reform ditched, King’s Speech confirms

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mandatory reporting: government not expecting hike in child sexual abuse referrals

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Children, Social work leaders

Rising children’s social care costs deepening councils’ financial woes, finds study

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Children

Private fostering: ‘the potentially vulnerable children going under the radar of services’

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investigations

Children, Social work leaders

Child protection enquiry total hits new annual high but proportion finding abuse continues to shrink

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Half of councils given funding to recruit 461 social work apprentices to bolster children’s workforce

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

DfE ditches plan to cap agency social worker pay to equivalent for permanent staff

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Children, Choose Social Work

Choose Social Work: ‘They helped me escape the life I was living as a teenager’

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social workers should be core part of community alcohol services, says proposed treatment guidelines

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Houses of Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Minister sidesteps question on whether government will proceed with Mental Health Act reform

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fund return to social work scheme and boost admin support to tackle vacancies, LGA urges government

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