With the government failing to cover social care for the cost of tax increases, fears will have grown over its fair pay plans, says Simon Bottery ...

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" ...

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

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 ...

Numbers of referrals, assessments, children in need and children on child protection plans fell from 2022-23 to 2023-24, ...

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

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

High caseloads and vacancy levels the biggest reasons social workers have less learning time, which is affecting practitioner confidence, survey finds ...