Ofsted says concentration of homes in cheaper areas suggests decisions driven by profits, but Children's Homes Association ...

A children's social worker celebrates his former team manager, whose support he credits with keeping him in the profession ...

In the first in a three-part series from North East Lincolnshire Council,  social workers from children’s services explore ...

Following union members rejecting Cafcass' 2025-26 pay offer, practitioners seem divided on standardised pay across statutory ...

Children’s social workers’ caseloads are getting bigger, more complex and harder to manage, taking a toll on their mental health and family life and leaving some contemplating quitting. That was the ...

Clenton Farquharson raises concerns about adult social care users bearing costs but being excluded from decision making on ...

Josh MacAlister says that rollout of regional care co-operatives will be sped up and it will become future model for care ...

Just 303 visas were granted to overseas care staff in July to September 2025, when ban on recruitment from abroad was ...

Councils will still be graded by Ofsted in relation to children needing help and protection, children in care, care leavers ...

Councils having to balance financial sustainability with doing the right thing for those who need adult social care, says ...

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea says migrant care workers are being subject to racism, exploitation and damaging ...

Two in five social workers say families are drawn into “intrusive enquiries”, as DfE data reveals number of child protection ...