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National safe working limits needed to stop social workers leaving profession, DfE told

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Josh MacAlister’s plan to give children placement choice 'unrealistic', say social workers

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Kinship care provision overly focused on carers with SGOs, says government adviser

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Social workers doubt Josh MacAlister will have positive impact as children's minister

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Children in care should have choice of where and with whom they live, says MacAlister

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Councils increasingly applying to take children into care, show Cafcass figures

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Latest children's services spending boost absorbed entirely by care system, figures show

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Social workers who investigate child protection cases should not chair conferences, say practitioners

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Children's social care reform: extra £18m allocated for family help and child protection changes

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Former social worker Janet Daby replaced by ex-Frontline chief Josh MacAlister as children's minister

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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund cuts have harmed children's mental health - survey

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Children's minister Janet Daby to speak at Community Care Live 2025

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