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 ...

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

Labour is still committed to implementing the cap on care costs and related reforms to adult social care charging, the shadow care minister said yesterday. Andrew Gwynne told the Association of ...

We asked practitioners whether they've experienced or witnessed prejudice towards a colleague following a mental health diagnosis.

The government has readvertised the chief social worker for adults position at a higher salary, six months after it started recruiting for a successor to Lyn Romeo. The Department for Health and ...