Social work news

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

  29-10-2025 17:36
  
  National safe working limits for children’s social workers are needed to stop workloads driving practitioners out of the profession, the Department for Education (DfE) has been told.
  The absence of national workload guidance means some council children’s social workers are working extra unpaid hours, spending insufficient time on direct work and feeling unsafe in their practice, according to social work leaders.
  Following a two-year DfE-commissioned project, the national workload act
  
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• Tobacco and vapes: evidence to support legislation

  29-10-2025 16:54 via gov.uk
  A call for evidence seeking further information to support policy development on tobacco, vapes and nicotine products.
  
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• Social Work England consults on plan to speed up undisputed fitness to practise cases

  29-10-2025 14:50
  
  Social Work England is consulting on a plan to speed up the resolution of fitness to practise cases where there is no dispute between the regulator and the practitioner about the facts and most appropriate sanction.
  The proposal would avoid the need for a contested final hearing, in which evidence was presented, witnesses called and an adjudicator panel determined whether the practitioner’s fitness to practise was impaired and any ensuing sanction.
  Instead, should the panel agree with the
  
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• What transferable skills can you bring to fostering?

  29-10-2025 09:52
  
  In this podcast episode, Hampshire County Council foster carers Andrea and Johnny discuss the transferable skills that foster carers can bring from previous professions into their work supporting children and young people.
  Johnny used to do youth work, while Andrea used to be a mental health nurse, a career she combined with fostering before deciding to commit to the role full time. They both also talk about being able to draw on their life experiences as young people, with Johnny highlighting h
  
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