Overspending on adult social care budgets hits highest level in decade, in part due to NHS responsibilities being transferred to councils ...

Three social work experts provide advice to a student for getting onto an assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) scheme ...

Wayne Reid explains a new process he and colleagues have developed for documenting, analysing and addressing discrimination ...

Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) practitioners are unsure over when and how to seek parental consent to share information ...

A black service manager recounts how she came to understand the impact of structural racism within social work ...

ADASS and BASW urge government to end 'uncertainty' over whether Liberty Protection Safeguards will be introduced to replace ...

Council staff will get 4% rise this year and 3.5% increase in 2026-27, after union members back improved local government pay ...

A social work practice lead celebrates her former practice educator for her "exemplary allyship" in supporting black social ...

We look at how the government expects councils to organise teams and practitioner roles to implement child protection and ...

While British Muslims are significantly more likely than average consider fostering or adoption, they face significant ...

Scottish Social Services Council proposes to introduce English language checks for people registering as social workers ...

The government will provide £53m to tackle the use of “illegal and exploitative homes” for children deprived of their liberty through the creation of 200 new council-run placements. The money is a ...