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Social Work England to hold more of fitness to practise hearings as backlog continues to grow
Budget underspend enables Social Work England to boost hearings numbers, but more social workers are waiting at least three years for cases to conclude ...
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Social care providers face £2.8bn bill from wage and tax rises next year, analysis finds
Large swathes of care market at risk of collapse due to national insurance and minimum wage rises without more government ...
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Social workers more likely to quit over management than pay, poll finds
Being a social worker is no easy feat. Practitioners face a mountain of challenges: limited resources, high caseloads, increasingly complex needs, staff shortages and pay increases that have been ...
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60% of social workers were yet to renew registration two weeks out from deadline
Social Work England urges those yet to complete social work registration process to do so "now", with rates lagging behind 2023 levels ...
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Agency social work rules to be ‘strengthened’ and extended to other staff
Government says it wants agency social work rules put into law in move described as 'reckless' by recruitment leaders ...
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Government to create new type of accommodation for children at risk of deprivation of liberty
Policy designed to fill 'gap in provision' for children with complex needs subject to deprviation of liberty orders ...