Workforce Insights

Workforce Insights

How digitising practice at the front door is saving social workers time and making children safer

Workforce Insights

How one local authority uses a community social work approach to shape support for families and children

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A day in the life of three social workers

Hayley Smith (left) and Ann-Marie Matson from North East Lincolnshire Council
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How direct work is transforming support for children

Photo by North East Lincolnshire|Photo by gstockstudio/AdobeStock|North East Lincolnshire DCS Ann-Marie Matson |Social worker talking to teenage girl while they sitting on sofa in the living room with foster parents
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'Social workers feel seen and invested in': behind a children's services transformation

Marco and Heidi from North Lincolnshire Council
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Prioritising workforce wellbeing – one council’s approach

Hampshire County Council’s out of hours service was recently named team of the year at the 2025 Social Work of the Year Awards|
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How an award-winning social work team keeps people safe out of hours

Hampshire Hive manager Amy (left) with foster carers Andrea and Johnny
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What transferable skills can you bring to fostering?

Photo: Studio Romantic/AdobeStock|
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Using a relational approach to transform children's services

The Social Work Community Podcast covers key issues for social workers in the UK|
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Podcast: supporting social workers to flourish in their careers

The Social Work Community Podcast covers key issues for social workers in the UK|||
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Podcast: exploring myths around fostering

The Social Work Community Podcast covers key issues for social workers in the UK|
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Podcast: Hampshire Hive - fostering through a community of families