Former social worker Phil Holmes takes the helm of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) ...
24% of children in care had three or more social workers in 2024-25, down from 27% the previous year, figures show ...
Poll finds social workers divided on government plans to redistribute social work bursary funding to increase uptake ...
Union's NJC committee has rejected employers' 3.3% pay offer for and it is now preparing to ballot members on striking ...
London social work graduates have lowest employment rates with North East having the best, reports Skills for Care ...
Legislation to reform children's social care requires creation of multi-agency child protection teams, puts agency social work rules into law and enables government ...
DfE sets deadline for councils to roll out Families First Partnership programme reforms to children's social care ...
A social worker recounts a week in which she considered how she balances self-care with responding to huge need ...
How significant is the risk to new social workers from the seven-month gap before the early career development programme ...
A social worker recounts a week in which she considered how she balances self-care with responding to huge need ...
Social workers still struggling with rising needs and admin burden, finds employer standards health check 2026 ...