Overspending on adult social care budgets hits highest level in decade, in part due to NHS responsibilities being transferred to councils ...

Three social work experts provide advice to a student for getting onto an assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) scheme ...

Wayne Reid explains a new process he and colleagues have developed for documenting, analysing and addressing discrimination ...

A black service manager recounts how she came to understand the impact of structural racism within social work ...

Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) practitioners are unsure over when and how to seek parental consent to share information ...

Council staff will get 4% rise this year and 3.5% increase in 2026-27, after union members back improved local government pay ...

ADASS and BASW urge government to end 'uncertainty' over whether Liberty Protection Safeguards will be introduced to replace ...

We look at how the government expects councils to organise teams and practitioner roles to implement child protection and ...

A social work practice lead celebrates her former practice educator for her "exemplary allyship" in supporting black social ...

While British Muslims are significantly more likely than average consider fostering or adoption, they face significant ...

Scottish Social Services Council proposes to introduce English language checks for people registering as social workers ...

Money comes from £560m allocated to developing children's homes and foster placements in government spending review ...