Non-social work qualified staff may now hold child in need cases, with many more likely to do so as government rolls out family help services ...

Despite poverty linked to increased demand for children's social care, most practitioners admit it's not being significantly ...

Social Work England has commissioned research to explore how artificial intelligence is shaping social work practice and ...

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will deliver progress for children in care and care leavers, but needs ...

NHS and local authorities urged to create multidisciplinary teams, under government's vision for 'neighbourhood health ...

Social work recruitment lead Michael Simms gives his top tips for practitioners working in adults' services on writing or ...

At North East Lincolnshire Council, social workers keep children and young people’s needs at the centre of the work they do ...

Think-tank says local government settlement amounts to a 'substantial cash-terms increase', but council leaders say it is not enough ...

Flagship policy to create national care service overhauled after significant opposition in Scottish Parliament and from local ...

Decision not to uprate capital thresholds with inflation means more people will be dragged into self-funding their social care ...

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund currently due to end in March 2025, prompting warnings over families losing ...

The principal social worker and principal occupational therapist at Wiltshire Council describe how collaborating closely ...