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The importance of relationships to create change

Posted by: Sam Clayton, Posted on: 21 January 2021 - Categories: COVID-19 support, Leadership
Colleagues having a video conference.

Principal Social Worker, Sam Clayton OBE, reflects on the changes to social work practice since COVID-19 and why trusted relationships are key to working through the pandemic.

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Social Work Week 2021 – ‘This is social work’

Posted by: Isabelle Trowler, Posted on: 19 January 2021 - Categories: Working in children's social care

Colum Conway, Chief Executive for Social Work England, and Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker, discuss the launch of the very first Social Work Week 2021.

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