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News, practice information and opinion on children and families social work and social care
Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, standing in front of a Union flag

Children, Social work leaders

National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

New ADCS president sets out stall as government embarks on children’s social care reforms

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‘What I wish I had known when a child’s reaction frightened me’

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Children, Social work leaders

£25m boost to foster care support and recruitment from 2026-28

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More than half of practitioners feel ill-equipped to address social media’s influence on children

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted sharpens focus on stability for children in care in judgments of providers

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Children, Social work leaders

Family support spending recovers following years of stagnation, data shows

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Racial bias greatly affects child protection practice, say social workers

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

No criminal sanction for failing to report child sexual abuse under mandatory reporting plan

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Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to continue with £50m for 2025-26

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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund expires with no news on future

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Children, Social work leaders

Starmer fails to confirm future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund as end looms

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Rebekah Pierre

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My Care Story: ‘Every social worker always seemed to be in a rush’

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Children, Choose Social Work, Workforce

‘She has revolutionised the way we approach life story work’

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Children’s social workers to be measured against new post-qualifying standards

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Most social workers’ caseloads far exceed DfE average, finds poll

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