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Sally Warren, the director general for adult social care at the Department of Health and Social Care (picture from DHSC)
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DHSC appoints new social care chief

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

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Social Work England consults on plan to speed up undisputed fitness to practise cases

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45% rise since 2022 in number of children waiting for adoption, as adopter numbers plummet

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Increasing reliance on very small home care services poses risks to provision, warns CQC

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Children, foster carers and social workers facing rising levels of racism, MacAlister warned

Baroness Casey (picture taken from Casey Commission website)
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Casey Commission calls for social care practitioners' views on state of adults' services

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Government to scrap presumption of parental involvement 'to protect children from abusive parents'

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Head of National Social Work Agency announced

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Government will replace DoLS with Liberty Protection Safeguards

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Care providers among almost 500 employers fined for not paying staff the minimum wage

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Council social care budgets already under pressure this year following repeated overspends, finds analysis

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