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Social workers not confident they can tackle poverty, poll finds

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Social workers split on giving money to struggling families to prevent children going into care, poll finds

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Addressing poverty: can social work go back to its roots?

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ADCS president moots payments to families to prevent children going into care

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'Understaffing' of social work services putting people requiring support at risk, say practitioners

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Disability benefit reforms will increase social care demand and poverty, say practitioners

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Many disabled people face benefit cuts in government plan to save over £5bn from welfare system

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‘Our finding that social care touches a quarter of children shows the need to tackle poverty'

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Poverty often overlooked in social work assessments, say practitioners

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Poverty and homelessness driving demand for children's social care, directors warn

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More children at risk of extra-familial harm or reliant on food banks, say social workers

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Response to neglect 'slow and inadequate' due to high thresholds and lack of services, finds NSPCC

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