A care experienced advocate reflects on growing up in care as a black child and enduring multiple placement breakdowns ...

Despite rising number of fitness to practise referrals, Scottish Social Services Council has cut the time taken to close ...

A social work academy manager celebrates her former manager, whom she describes as a "deeply present" and compassionate ...

Rise driven by concerns from members of the public, the overwhelming majority of which are rejected by regulator at initial ...

A social worker with over 20 years’ experience reflects on supporting a child experiencing domestic abuse early in her career ...

Domestic abuse by adult sons against mothers differs from intimate partner abuse. Hackney council has developed an approach ...

Social workers have called the 2025-26 local government pay settlement a 'bad deal', but are split on where the fault lies ...

Mental healthcare for children in care often relies on unevidenced concepts and approaches that deny them effective ...

Cafcass and ADCS says practitioners should hold meeting before filing final evidence in order to provide shared explanation ...

National Social Work Agency chief executive will hold dual role as chief social work adviser to ministers, say Scottish ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued its first inadequate judgment since it started assessing English councils on their adult social care performance in December 2023. Blackpool Council became ...