Black, male and 40-plus social workers remain disproportionately represented in fitness to practise (FtP) cases, Social Work ...

Despite rising care population, the number of non-kinship foster care households fell for third consecutive year in 2023-24, ...

Social workers believe the Budget will bring cuts and job losses for the sector, a Community Care poll has found. On 30 ...

The bill sets out that in order to administer assisted dying, an “approved substance” must be provided directly, and in ...

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

The overall winner’s prize, along with the children’s team gold award, went to Norfolk council’s people from abroad team, a ...

The overall winners of the 2024 Social Worker of the Year Award, Norfolk council's people from abroad team, pictured with ...

Employers in England have been issued with guidance on implementing recently introduced rules to reduce use of agency staff ...

Mental Health Act reform would raise thresholds for detention and limit sectioning of autistic people and those with learning ...

A mental health social worker nominates her "compassionate" manager for seeing the "best in everyone she supports" ...

With the government failing to cover social care for the cost of tax increases, fears will have grown over its fair pay plans ...

Increased costs of care from national living wage and employer national insurance rises add to existing pressures, say social ...