A woman has had 10 children taken from her care more than a decade after social workers raised concerns about substance abuse, domestic violence and neglect, a family court judge
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A woman has had three children taken from her care after a High Court judge concluded that she had planned to take them to an area of Syria controlled by
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A man whose son was placed for adoption could be jailed after social services bosses complained that he harassed staff and placed material on the internet identifying the youngster. One
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Entry to the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) 2016 Social Work Awards closes in one week – on April 29. The awards recognise and reward the efforts of social
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A woman whose son was taken from her care after she failed one in a series of drug tests is to have her case reviewed by Court of Appeal judges.
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A progress report summarising the range of work which is underway to implement the Social Services in Scotland: a shared vision and strategy for 2015-2020 has been published. The report was
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Individual social workers and social work teams from across England are being encouraged to enter the 2016 Social Worker of the Year Awards which have just opened for entries. There
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Frontline is a fast-track training scheme for social workers in child protection, which aims to attract outstanding graduates who may not previously have considered a career in social work. Compared
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York Consulting was commissioned by the Department for Education to undertake a research exercise to explore the costs associated with qualifying as a social worker, via both traditional (undergraduate and
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The Department of Health has announced an additional £10 million in funding to a scheme training graduates to become social workers in community mental health teams. The fast-track scheme run
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