Social work news

• Net capacity assessment programme

  09-06-2025 18:17 via gov.uk
  Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.
  
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• Guidance: Academy conversion: land transfer advice

  09-06-2025 17:15 via gov.uk
  Advice on what schools converting to academy status need to do to make sure they can keep using their school's land after converting.
  
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• Children’s home staff paid over 20% more by councils than private sector, research reveals

  09-06-2025 17:12
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Pay for children’s home staff is over 20% higher in local authority than private sector services, research has revealed.
  Staff without supervisory responsibilities who worked for councils earned £3-£3.75 more than similarly-experienced counterparts in the private sector, which accounts for the vast majority of staff, found the Department for Education’s (DfE) 2024 chi
  
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• Join our team to help technology enabled care transform lives in Nottinghamshire

  09-06-2025 12:58
  
  Many people and carers have told us the difference that adaptations, equipment and technology make in supporting them to remain independent and enhancing the quality of their lives. As part of our adult social care strategy, we want to increase our technology enabled care (TEC) offer as part of our strengths-based approach to care and support..
  At Nottinghamshire County Council, we are proud to be leading the way in using technology to support people to live the life they choose in their own hom
  
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• Transparency data: Skills Bootcamps funding allocations

  09-06-2025 12:38 via gov.uk
  Allocations of the Skills Bootcamps funding by authority.
  
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• Providing a lifeline for social workers who want to get back into the sector

  09-06-2025 10:32
  
  Hampshire County Council’s Return to Social Work (R2SW) programme provides a lifeline for practitioners who want to return to the profession after more than two years away from practice.
  Introduced in 2024, the scheme allows qualified practitioners to work in social work settings. They need to accrue 210 hours (30 days) to restore their registration with Social Work England if this lapsed between two and five years previously.
  If their lapse in registration was over five years previously,
  
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• Social Worker/Senior Practitioner – Children’s Social Care

  09-06-2025 09:01
  
  https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/job/1401770104/social-worker-senior-practitioner-children-s-social-care/
  
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• Social Care Practitioner

  09-06-2025 08:58
  
  https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/job/1401769530/social-care-practitioner
  
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• Research: Supporting Families programme: annual report 2024 to 2025

  09-06-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  The ninth and final annual report, providing an update on progress during 2024 to 2025.
  
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