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National Children and Adult Services Conference

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    Frontline social workers reluctant to move into management, leader warns

    The profession is losing too many staff early in their career, says British Association of Social Workers chief executive
  • A knowledge of adult issues can help children-focused care teams better understand the family as a whole, and get the best result for children.

    Many disciplines, one goal: a new way to care for children and families

    When working collaboratively, social care workers can draw on a broader set of skills to get the best result for children
  • For social workers to have any meaningful connection with children, they need to empathise with them as individuals.

    Talking to vulnerable children on their terms helps to build trust

    A case-by-case approach trumps any ‘tools’ when it comes to social workers building a meaningful relationship with children
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    Five essential steps to support the next generation of children in care

    Anthony Douglas
    As the number of care applications reaches record levels, a ‘new deal’ is needed to help young people in the system and those on the edge of care
  • Collaborative, ambitious approaches involving third parties could bring genuine benefits to children in care in the long term.

    How social impact bonds are funding long-term care projects

    Annual budgets make it difficult for councils to do meaningful work. Is third-party funding the answer?
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    Extra-care housing offers older people independence and reassurance

    ‘Very sheltered’ housing offers specialist services as an add-on – but is it, increasingly, only for the affluent?
  • West Berkshire has seen a vacancy rate drop in frontline care staff, from 50% to 10%, thanks to a recent bonus incentive.

    The secret to recruiting and retaining care staff? Rewarding them

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    Social care: a ‘hidden engine’ for economic growth

  • Alison Michalska

    Alison Michalska: ‘In Britain, we don’t seem to really like children’

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    Why won’t ministers acknowledge social care's growing emergency?

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    'Home first' model aims to stop patients being stranded on hospital wards

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    Care leaver Kerry Littleford: 'I want to give opportunities to people who haven’t had them'

  • Eileen Munro

    Compulsory reporting of child abuse concerns 'could deluge social workers'

    Eileen Munro, who conducted child protection review in wake of Baby P case, warns against government plans
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    Social care co-ops draw on first-hand experience

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    'We can’t rely on the same old care service models’

    Jeremy Taylor
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    ‘Under the radar’ integration reaps rewards

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    New nursing qualifications and apprenticeships boost care workers’ credentials

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    Children with positive care experience outperform at school

    A new national tracking tool is highlighting the care factors that boost educational progress. Could this help looked‑after children nationwide be better educated?
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    Children in care: it’s not how you live, but where

    National analysis of how care is activated for children reveals severe variations across the country
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    Social care threat level reaches new high

    We’ve heard it all before: social care can’t suffer any more cuts. But with even the Tory shires calling for help, is the government about to start listening?
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