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

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is part of a new hub focused on reducing risk of exploitation outside the home for children ...

Latest practice guide to what works in children's social care says interventions can reduce risks of harm to children, ...

Despite poverty linked to increased demand for children's social care, most practitioners admit it's not being significantly ...

Non-social work qualified staff may now hold child in need cases, with many more likely to do so as government rolls out family help services ...

Flagship policy to create national care service overhauled after significant opposition in Scottish Parliament and from local ...

NHS and local authorities urged to create multidisciplinary teams, under government's vision for 'neighbourhood health ...

At North East Lincolnshire Council, social workers keep children and young people’s needs at the centre of the work they do ...

Available data do not enable councils to determine whether they are purchasing the right kinds of care placement, says ...

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund currently due to end in March 2025, prompting warnings over families losing ...

The principal social worker and principal occupational therapist at Wiltshire Council describe how collaborating closely ...

Social Work England has commissioned research to explore how artificial intelligence is shaping social work practice and ...