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Fostering Network stocktake on state of foster care finds virtually all services surveyed are experiencing a shortage of ...

Principal social worker Leanne Morgan and team leader Stephanie Hutson share how they helped shape the practice model that is ...

Action plan launched to safeguard telecare services from impact of analogue phone network being switched off by January 2027 ...

Advice from a Community Care Inform guide on working with children where parents are misusing drugs or alcohol.

Department for Education set to clarify future of early career framework for children's social workers proposed by last ...

Most social workers believe the stigma around being care experienced stems from within the system that cares for them ...

Power for home secretary to accommodate unaccompanied asylum-seeking children would be repealed under Labour bill ...

Jenny Molloy will share her experience of childhood neglect and its lasting impact, in a session delivered with Community ...

No profit-making services will be able to register in Wales from April 2026, with new placements in existing services banned ...

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