Lane outlines how the Mental Health Bill would revise provisions and safeguards around detention and treatment ...

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

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" ...

Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza urges tighter guidance on child in need support after finding most plans lacked ...

Two social workers share their experience of returning from maternity leave and how Essex County Council has supported their ...

Councils and providers sound alarm over impact of national living wage and employer national insurance contribution rises ...

HEIs will then be given at least 12 months to prepare before Social Work England starts employing the new education and ...

Council spending to rise by 3.2% in real terms in 2025-26, with authorities also given over £250m for children's social care ...

Numbers receiving adult social care in 2023-24 at levels last seen in 2017-18, while authorities also boosted reablement provision ...

National living wage will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 per hour in April 2025, while raising social care costs for councils ...

Universities report poverty and cost of living pressures a factor in reduced number of social work students in Scotland, says ...