Review will examine whether current adult safeguarding powers and duties work effectively in high-risk situations ...

Baroness Casey warns adult safeguarding failures are being repeated across England due to lack of national oversight ...

A social worker living with OCD explains how the condition shapes his practice and helps him connect with young people ...

How inclusive is your workplace for neurodivergent social workers? The Department for Education (DfE) has slimmed down ...

Department for Education to launch advanced child protection and leadership schemes for experienced social workers ...

It also said that the ECDP would be launched in September 2027, with the final ASYE programme running in 2026-27. The latter will be administered directly by the DfE after Skills for Care, which had ...

Kinship carers of 5,000 children who would otherwise have gone into care will be paid an allowance to care for them ...

How inclusive is your workplace for neurodivergent social workers? Four years ago, conversations around neurodiversity in ...

Care worker pay in independent sector rose by 5% over past year, lagging behind rise in national living wage - report ...

Almost 20% fewer children's social workers started assessed and supported year in employment programmes in 2024-25 ...

The International Federation on Social Workers’ definition of social work emphasises not only the promotion of social change and social justice, but also respect for diversity, rooted in the use of ...

Rising levels and complexity of need and cost shift from NHS to local authorities drives biggest council overspend on adult social care in over a decade, reports ADASS Photo; bankrx/Adobe Stock Adult ...