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BASW called for employers to provide clear guidance and training on AI use and its implications on social work practice ...
Government accepts recommendation of Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to create Child Protection Authority ...
Association of Directors of Children's Services president Rachael Wardell discusses the prospects for the government's social ...
Following the success of Adolescence, we gauged social worker's opinion on working with children who are chronically on ...
This is the fourth installment in Sophie Baker’s ‘What I wish I had known…’ series, where she reflects on her approach to ...
Money designed to recruit 400 more families and improve peer support, to address shortages of foster carers in England ...
Annual family support spending grew by 21% in real-terms from 2020-21 from 2023-24, but remains well below expenditure on ...
UNISON and GMB votes reveal strong support for industrial action over employers' local government pay offer of 3% in Scotland ...
Changes respond to concerns that providers are rejecting referrals for children with complex needs due to possible impact on ...
Some care services will close due to fee rises not covering increased costs, on back of national insurance rise, says ...
Report findings show that the race and ethnicity of children is often not recognised or appropriately explored in social care ...
Profit-making from children’s care in Wales is set to end by 2030, other than in exceptional circumstances, after a bill to implement the measure became law. The passage of the Health and Social Care ...