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Social work leaders, Workforce

Cafcass ‘imposes’ 2.5% pay deal on staff without agreement, say unions

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Children, Workforce

Cafcass staff overwhelmingly reject 2.5% pay offer but government says no scope for improved deal

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Children, Social work leaders

Target needed to cut length of care proceedings with durations far in excess of 26-week legal limit – peers

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Children, Social work leaders

Supervision orders face overhaul to improve effectiveness in supporting family reunification

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Children, Workforce

Cafcass staff offered ‘insulting’ 2.5% pay rise with inflation at 11%

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Cafcass staff may be balloted on industrial action amid absence of pay offer, says union boss

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Children, Social work leaders

Almost 250 deprivation of liberty applications for children in first two months of national DoLs court

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Children, Social work leaders

National DoLs court launched to handle children’s deprivation of liberty cases

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Children, Workforce

Cafcass ‘in serious jeopardy’ regarding social work staffing due to pay constraints

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Children

TV investigation aims to highlight trauma faced by families from wrongful child protection action

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Vital but not fit for purpose’: parents’ views on supervision orders

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker pay ‘becoming uncompetitive’ at Cafcass, warns chief

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Children

Cafcass awarded further £2.3m to tackle case backlog

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Children, Social work leaders

Councils can arrange Covid vaccines for children in care despite parent opposition, High Court rules

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Children

Family courts hearings opened up to media reporting

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Children

Length of care proceedings lagging further behind 26-week target

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