The government has pledged to “crack down on care providers making excessive profit” in children’s social care reforms ...

Local authorities will be able to raise core council tax by 3% and the adult social care precept by 2% in 2025-26 without ...

Social Work England pledges further investigation into fitness to practise data but says it will take time to identify causes ...

A social worker remembers their late social work professor, who they credit as a pioneer of strengths-based practice ...

Despite evidence of benefits of face-to-face post-adoption contact for children, it is the exception not the rule, finds ...

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

DfE-commissioned resources cover issues such as managing breaches of agency social work rules and aiding compliance with ...

With the government failing to cover social care for the cost of tax increases, fears will have grown over its fair pay plans ...

Number of looked-after children in England fell slightly in 2023-24, however, DfE data show rising number of out-of-area ...

The bill sets out that in order to administer assisted dying, an “approved substance” must be provided directly, and in ...

Professor Marian Brandon reflects on 15 years of analysing serious case reviews for England and Wales and the complexity of neglect ...

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