The government has pledged to “crack down on care providers making excessive profit” in children’s social care reforms ...

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 social worker remembers their late social work professor, who they credit as a pioneer of strengths-based practice ...

Professor Marian Brandon reflects on 15 years of analysing serious case reviews for England and Wales and the complexity of neglect ...

DfE-commissioned resources cover issues such as managing breaches of agency social work rules and aiding compliance with ...

Despite evidence of benefits of face-to-face post-adoption contact for children, it is the exception not the rule, finds ...

Number of looked-after children in England fell slightly in 2023-24, however, DfE data show rising number of out-of-area ...

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

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

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

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

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