Despite concerns services do not sufficiently prioritise the friendships of children in care, a majority of practitioners say ...

A colleague celebrates their fellow practice development manager, who freely offers emotional support and training while ...

Charity urges reinstatement of national adoption register - scrapped six years ago - to tackle increasing waits for children ...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has appointed a new lead civil servant for adult social care. Sally Warren ...

Absence of national workload guidance means some social workers work extra unpaid hours, have less time for direct work and ...

A survivor of a racially-motivated assault at work details how a transparent risk assessment could have spared her months of ...

BASW hails successful campaign to relax policy, under which undergraduates who withdraw from, or defer, training may not ...

Hampshire County Council foster carers Andrea and Johnny discuss how they’ve been able to use transferrable skills in ...

Process would allow regulator and social worker to agree case facts and sanctions which, if approved by adjudicators, would avoid need for contested final hearing ...

Casey Commission issues callout for the views of those receiving, and working in, care and support about what is and is not ...

Impact of racism on care system being compounded by "lack of leadership" from government, warns independent fostering agency ...

Two social workers discuss their experiences facing ageism from families and colleagues and their strategies to combat it ...