Budget underspend enables Social Work England to boost hearings numbers, but more social workers are waiting at least three years for cases to conclude ...

Being a social worker is no easy feat. Practitioners face a mountain of challenges: limited resources, high caseloads, increasingly complex needs, staff shortages and pay increases that have been ...

Independent adult social care providers in England face a £2.8bn in extra costs in 2025-26 due to wage and tax rises announced in last month’s Budget, an analysis has found. The Nuffield Trust ...

Government says it wants agency social work rules put into law in move described as 'reckless' by recruitment leaders ...

Policy designed to fill 'gap in provision' for children with complex needs subject to deprviation of liberty orders ...

Major providers will have to share financial information with government to tackle 'profiteering' in children's social care ...

Social Work England urges those yet to complete social work registration process to do so "now", with rates lagging behind 2023 levels ...

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

A former child in care celebrates her social worker, who she credits with supporting her throughout her journey in care ...

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 ...

The Social Work Community Podcast speaks to a practitioner who has worked in agency social work and a permanent worker about ...