Tribunal imposes exemplary damages on Social Work England for allowing its fitness to practise processes to be subverted in ...

BASW officer Denise Monks spoke to Community Care about the need for specialist support for parents with learning ...

The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty ...

Ideas for reform include expecting staff to be qualified to level 3 within three years, says adult social care workforce ...

Charities label proposals to reform disability benefit personal independence payment 'dangerous' and 'reckless' ...

The government plans to publish data on every council’s waiting times for adult social care assessments and services, it has revealed. The DHSC announced the plans in guidance on councils’ use of its ...

Councils will be required to submit figures on social worker salaries and invited to provide data on bonuses in annual ...

The turnover of directors of children’s services (DCSs) rose for the third consecutive year in 2023-24, on the back of high ...

Government policy is for cap on care costs to come into force in October 2025, but incoming ADASS president says reforms ...

Network of principal social workers voices significant concern over the Department for Education's decision to axe Pathways scheme ...

DHSC increases pay for chief social worker for adults post from £100,000 to up to £130,000, six months on from initial ...

National Age Assessment Board now has 42 practitioners, up from 16 in April 2023, after initially struggling to recruit ...