LGA warns government that demand and cost increases are outstripping social care budgets, in wake of significant overspends ...

Minimum wage underpayment must be addressed by funding boost and national contract enforcing minimum fee rates, says Homecare ...

The government will implement the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) ...

Social work regulation should not be subject to political priorities, nor should it be involved in promoting the profession, ...

A newly qualified social worker celebrates her former social work tutor, whom she describes as an 'outstanding' role model ...

This episode of The Social Work Community Podcast is part two of a mini-series on the benefits of having an in-house clinical ...

Two social work researchers examine the role of friendships in children’s experiences of care and the role of social workers ...

Jahnine Davis highlights lack of emphasis on children and parents, and on arrangements other than SGOs, in kinship care ...

A social work leader praises their principal social worker for her positive impact on families and the empowering work ...

UK government says Cheshire West deprivation of liberty ruling went beyond European Court of Human Rights case law ...

With black people disproportionately likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act, social workers urge more funding and ...

Ofsted moving away from registering children's homes based on timing of applications and will prioritise applications to ...