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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Fitness to practise case timeframes cut in Scotland

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    Workforce

    ‘She knew the families intimately and advocated for them with passion’

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Huge rise in fitness to practise concerns about social workers

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    Children

    ‘What I wish I had known when working with a child experiencing domestic abuse’

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    Angry mother and son locked in heated argument on living room sofa, exposing unhappy family relationship trouble indoors

    Adults, Social work leaders

    Tackling domestic abuse by adult sons against their mothers

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    Workforce

    Social workers brand 2025-26 local government pay settlement a ‘bad deal’

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    Children

    ‘Moving away from pseudoscience to give children in care the best-evidenced mental health treatment’

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    Children, Social work leaders

    Guidance issued on social worker-guardian disagreements over children’s best interests

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    Adults, Social work leaders

    CQC issues first inadequate rating for council adults’ services

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    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘I’ve had bin collection letters with more warmth’: Rebekah Pierre on the reality of accessing care records

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    Social Worker of the Year Awards trophies

    Workforce

    Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025 finalists announced

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    Social work leaders, Wellbeing, Workforce

    Social workers on supervision: ‘I’ve never had a conversation about progression – it’s just cases’

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    Social work leaders, Workforce

    Workplace discrimination not handled well by employers, say social workers

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    Adults, Inform Adults

    Debt and mental illness: how to spot if someone is struggling

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    Workforce

    Social work around the world: Zimbabwe

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