How would you reform the social work bursary in England, assuming no more money? Social workers are being held fully accountable for their use of AI tools, despite a lack of train ...

Care worker pay in independent sector rose by 5% over past year, lagging behind rise in national living wage - report ...

A shift in child protection practice is needed to tackle parental non-engagement with services, particularly where families have already had children removed, a national safeguarding review has found.

Social work bursary reforms designed to increase numbers qualifying as social worker by better targeting support ...

Social Care Wales, with funding from the Welsh Government, awards up to 224 new bursaries a year to students ordinarily ...

councils responsible for social care granted over £1bn in exceptional financial support in principle for 2026-2 ...

Average pay for adult social workers rose by 1.3% in real-terms in 2024-25 but was 3.2% lower than 2016 levels ...

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund overhaul geared towards adoptive, not kinship, families, say charities ...

Councils grew social work workforce for third consecutive year , with number of filled posts up by over 800 in 2024-25 ...

Working-age disabled adults will have increased protection from care charges from this April, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced. The minimum income guarantee (MIG) will ...