A social worker pays tribute to a collague who supported her while she was transitioning from children's to adults' social ...

Cafcass social workers responding better to child and adult victims of domestic abuse but some say caseloads are too high, says Ofsted ...

Two in five social workers say families are drawn into “intrusive enquiries”, as DfE data reveals number of child protection ...

Councils having to balance financial sustainability with doing the right thing for those who need adult social care, says ...

National living wage, which is paid to thousands of care workers, will increase to £12.71 an hour in April 2025 ...

Policy dubbed 'a grave injustice' to overseas care staff, as provider and worker bodies warn proposal will deepen sector's ...

Fall in care population driven in part by reduction in number of unaccompanied asylum seekers, while data also shows rise in ...

Fostering data shows scale of challenge facing Josh MacAlister in achieving aim of creating surplus of foster carers to give children placement choice ...

The Homecare Association had previously found that council home care fees in England this year were £1.6bn short of what was required to meet its calculation of the minimum price of home care in the ...

Most practitioners were still to complete process of securing their right to practise as of mid-November, show Social Work ...

The government has increased funding for children’s social care reform by an additional £547m over the next three years. The boost, announced last week, means £2.4bn will be ploughed into developing ...