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• Councils employing record numbers of children’s social workers on back of 25% recruitment boost

  29-02-2024 23:55
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Councils are employing record numbers of children’s social workers on the back of a 25% boost to recruitment last year, official figures have shown.
  However, the vacancy rate for local authority children’s practitioners has fallen only slightly, while councils are continuing to increase their engagement of agency staff, amid Department for Education (DfE) plans to curb their use.
  
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• Councils employing record number of children’s social workers on back of 25% recruitment boost

  29-02-2024 23:55
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Councils are employing record numbers of children’s social workers on the back of a 25% boost to recruitment last year, official figures have shown.
  However, the vacancy rate for local authority children’s practitioners has fallen only slightly, while councils are continuing to increase their engagement of agency staff, amid Department for Education (DfE) plans to curb their use.
  
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• Local government pay: unions seek 10% hike for social workers and other staff

  29-02-2024 23:36
  
  Unions are seeking a 10% hike for social workers and other council staff this year to redress pay losses since 2010 and prevent staff “finding better-paid work elsewhere”.
  UNISON, GMB and Unite today lodged their claim for a rise of £3,000 or 10% – whichever is higher – for staff covered by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC). This comprises those employed by the majority of English, Welsh and Northern Irish councils.
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• Research: Working lives of teachers and leaders – wave 2

  29-02-2024 18:02 via gov.uk
  
  The findings of the second wave of the working lives of teachers and leaders survey.
  
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• Policy paper: Evidence to the STRB: 2024 pay award for teachers and leaders

  29-02-2024 18:00 via gov.uk
  
  The Education Secretary’s evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) about the 2024 pay award.
  
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• Policy paper: DHSC evidence for the SSRB: pay round 2024 to 2025

  29-02-2024 17:37 via gov.uk
  
  Evidence submitted to the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) by the Department of Health and Social Care for the 2024 to 2025 pay round.
  
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• Policy paper: Supplementary evidence to pay review bodies: hospital and community health sector, 2024

  29-02-2024 17:35 via gov.uk
  
  Granular estimates of basic pay, total earnings and paybill for the hospital and community health sector workforce in England in 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024.
  
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• Policy paper: DHSC evidence for the DDRB: pay round 2024 to 2025

  29-02-2024 17:35 via gov.uk
  
  Evidence submitted to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) by the Department of Health and Social Care for the 2024 to 2025 pay round.
  
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• Policy paper: DHSC evidence for the NHSPRB: pay round 2024 to 2025

  29-02-2024 17:34 via gov.uk
  
  Evidence submitted to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) by the Department of Health and Social Care for the 2024 to 2025 pay round.
  
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• Research: Developing a method for obtaining pupil insight for building in use reviews

  29-02-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Exploratory research testing approaches to getting pupils’ views on outdoor space, for Department for Education building in use reviews.
  
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• ‘Her support made an extremely challenging time manageable’

  29-02-2024 15:14
  
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  In Community Care’s new series, My Brilliant Colleague, we’ve asked social workers to celebrate the excellent practice and achievements of their fellow practitioners.
  In the series’ second entry, Jennie Andrews, the registered manager of Southend’s shared lives team, has nominated her colleague, social worker Dee Maton, who has always gone “the extra mile&rdquo
  
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• Podcast: the benefits of a relational approach to social work

  29-02-2024 15:05
  
  In this episode of the Workforce Insights podcast (formerly Employer Zone Insights), we find out how Norfolk County Council has embedded a relational approach to practice in children’s services.
  Our guests, Kate Dexter, assistant director of family help and high needs in children’s services at Norfolk, and Sarah Hewitt, team manager for the Life Beyond Care team, explain how the foundation of relational practice is the trust between practitioners and young people.
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• Sunak making slow progress on asylum pledges amid record care visa awards

  29-02-2024 14:25
  
  Home Office data released as Tories and Labour prepare for immigration to be key battleground at upcoming general electionThe number of visas issued to allow social care workers into the UK reached record levels in 2023, according to newly released figures.The official data also shows Rishi Sunak’s government made slow progress towards his promises to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers, slash the backlog of applications and “stop the boats”. Continue reading...
  
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• Transparency data: List of teaching school hubs

  29-02-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  A list of each teaching school hub in England funded by government.
  
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• Guidance: Find a teaching school hub

  29-02-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.
  
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• Policy paper: Medicines and Medical Devices Act report 2024

  29-02-2024 11:34 via gov.uk
  
  Report on all regulations in force during the first reporting period made using the powers in specific sections of the act, including stakeholder feedback and the department’s response.
  
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• Official Statistics: Elective home education: autumn term 2023

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Information on the number and characteristics of children in elective home education (EHE) in England.
  
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• Official Statistics: Children's social work workforce 2023

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Annual statistics on children and family social workers including agency children and family social workers in England.
  
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• Official Statistics: Children missing education: autumn term 2023

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Information on the number and characteristics of children missing education (CME) in England.
  
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• Guidance: EHC plans when a child or young person moves

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Dealing with education, health and care (EHC) plans for children and young people who move into or out of a local authority area or England.
  
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• Policy paper: England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024

  29-02-2024 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  The third action plan setting out how the Department of Health and Social Care and delivery partners will implement the UK Rare Diseases Framework in England.
  
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• Press release: New regulations for schools in next stage of attendance drive

  29-02-2024 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Every state school in England will now share their daily attendance registers across the education sector.
  
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