Author of 2011 report on reform says issues facing sector have gotten worse since then, following announcement of new social ...

MPs give in principle approval to Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would introduce multi-agency child protection ...

In this entry, newly qualified social worker Anjali Singhal celebrates the team manager who, “without judgement”, supported ...

In the wake of the right care, right person policy, we gauged social workers' opinion on police withdrawing from mental ...

Government will introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse legislation this spring, reviving policy dropped by ...

In this episode, Dame Lorna Boreland-Kelly, Claire Barcham and Kayleigh Rose Evans respond to a social worker who has lost ...

Social workers in leadership roles have been recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours list. They include a director of children’s services (DCS) who led his authority to two consecutive outstanding ...

A parent-led network argues that parent advocacy can help ensure families’ voices are heard during the child protection ...

Experts will cover issues including the legal framework around adult safeguarding and the link with the Mental Capacity Act ...

The government will set up an independent commission to recommend long-term reform to adult social care, it announced today. The body, which will be led by former senior civil servant Baroness (Louise ...

Almost half of social workers believe they should have a role in any future assisted dying process, though others fear the sector would struggle to take on such a role, a poll has found. This follows ...

Just one-third of social workers (34%) would recommend the profession as a career, a Social Work England has found. A greater proportion – 42% – would not recommend social work, with the remainder ...