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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

One in nine councils granted emergency support to balance books

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils employing record number of children’s social workers on back of 25% recruitment boost

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Use of agency social workers up 25% year on year in adults’ services

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Four in five apprentices gained social work qualification in first cohort, figures show

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Children, Social work leaders

Pre-court social worker-guardian meetings have potential to improve care proceedings, finds study

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mounting demand for AMHPs and unmet need masked by fall in number of detentions, say leads

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s practitioners face duty to report sexual abuse

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker changes undermined engagement with children later convicted of violent crimes – review

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Children, Social work leaders

Can systemic practice improve how early help staff support families?

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social worker numbers hit record high on back of funding rise

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Children, Social work leaders

How equipped is children’s social work for digital safeguarding?

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Adults, Social work leaders

More people face self-funding care as means-testing thresholds frozen for 14th consecutive year

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Elaine James, with her social justice advocate award at the 2023 Social Worker of the Year Awards ceremony

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

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Children, Social work leaders

Ethnic disparities in care proceedings: what the data says

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Supporting early career social workers: lessons from Wales

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils to be able to exceed agency social work price caps under planned locum rules

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