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								Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Number of agency social workers falls for first time in seven years in children’s services
			
	
	
	
		Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Children’s social worker caseload average falls to lowest recorded level, according to DfE measure
			
	
	
	
		 
	
		
Practitioners split over non-social work qualified staff taking on child in need assessments, poll finds
Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Fall in proportion of Cafcass social workers holding more than 20 cases
			
	
	
	
		Adults, Children, Social work leaders
Almost one in five councils granted ‘exceptional’ financial support to help balance books
			
	
	
	
		Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
DfE to give update on early career support for children’s social workers
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