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Children, Social work leaders

Deprivation of liberty: rules helping authorities place children across border in Scotland come into force

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Adults, Children

Social workers: tell us how the cost of living crisis is affecting you and the people you support

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Children

Staffing pressures limiting children’s homes’ ability to respond to rising council demand, finds study

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Children, Social work leaders

Unions seek 11% wage rise for Cafcass staff after chief’s warnings of social worker exodus

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Children, Social work leaders

Lower caseloads – not expert units or staff – best way to improve safeguarding, say social workers

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Inadequate’ council doing better for young people but services remain inconsistent, says Ofsted

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Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted proposes grading councils specifically on care leaver support

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Ethnic minority care workers in more insecure work than white peers, finds watchdog

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Enthusiastic and motivated’ social workers improving practice at ‘inadequate’ council, finds Ofsted

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Adults, Social work leaders

NHS heavily reliant on inappropriate out-of-area mental healthcare despite target to end it, finds report

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Over 40% of social work staff have faced abuse from public this year, finds survey

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Workforce

Student bursaries frozen for eighth year as trainee social workers struggle amid cost-of-living crisis

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care review proposal that all social workers do 100 hours’ practice a year labelled ‘out of touch’

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Children, Social work leaders

Council’s failure to add social work capacity means children at risk of harm face delays, Ofsted warns

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Caseload limits proposed to ease burnout and support effective social work

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Children, Social work leaders

Council to keep children’s services for now as commissioner rules trust transfer risks ‘further deterioration’

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