Today, social workers around the globe come together to celebrate World Social Work Day 2016 (WSWD). This years theme, ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples’, creates another opportunity for the
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Applications are now open for the second cohort of candidates for the Chief Social Work Officer (CSWO) postgraduate diploma to start studying this spring. Glasgow Caledonian University, working in partnership with
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The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have launched an updated template for local authority social workers to
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A Christian social work student has been expelled from his course after voicing anti-gay marriage opinions on Facebook. Felix Ngole, 38, was a second-year masters student at Sheffield University when
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The latest picture of the registered social care workforce is now available on the Care Council for Wales website, with the profile for social workers published this week to complete
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When family difficulties mean that children are at risk of abuse or neglect and face being taken into care or becoming candidates for adoption, how can their fathers be brought
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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has published a review on their work in qualifying social work education in England in the period from 1 August 2012 to 31
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has announced that Dr Ruth Allen, currently Director of Social Work at South West London and St Georges’ Mental Health NHS Trust, has
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A partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire County Council is strengthening social care in the county. The university and county council are working collaboratively to organise a series
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A new professional watchdog for social workers will improve training and drive up standards, Nicky Morgan has declared. The new regulator will put the profession on a par with surgeons
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