Increased costs of care from national living wage and employer national insurance rises add to existing pressures, say social ...

A mental health social worker nominates her "compassionate" manager for seeing the "best in everyone she supports" ...

Mental Health Act reform would raise thresholds for detention and limit sectioning of autistic people and those with learning ...

Two social workers share their experience of returning from maternity leave and how Essex County Council has supported their ...

Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza urges tighter guidance on child in need support after finding most plans lacked ...

HEIs will then be given at least 12 months to prepare before Social Work England starts employing the new education and ...

Numbers receiving adult social care in 2023-24 at levels last seen in 2017-18, while authorities also boosted reablement provision ...

ADCS welcomes agency social work rules' potential to promote relationship-based practice, but agency leaders reiterate ...

Councils and providers sound alarm over impact of national living wage and employer national insurance contribution rises ...

Universities report poverty and cost of living pressures a factor in reduced number of social work students in Scotland, says ...

Numbers of referrals, assessments, children in need and children on child protection plans fell from 2022-23 to 2023-24, ...

Council spending to rise by 3.2% in real terms in 2025-26, with authorities also given over £250m for children's social care ...