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Children's minister pledges comprehensive measures to reverse decline in foster care recruitment, after declaring ambition to give children choice over placements
DHSC recruiting for sector leaders to go into councils found by CQC to be struggling in order to support improvement, including by taking control of adult social care functions
Sally Warren made director general for adult social care on back of longstanding policy career in sector
Absence of national workload guidance means some children's social workers work extra unpaid hours, have less time for direct work and feel unsafe in their practice, finds government-commissioned...
Process would allow regulator and social worker to agree case facts and sanctions which, if approved by adjudicators, would avoid need for contested final hearing and resolve cases more quickly
BASW hails successful campaign to relax current policy, under which undergraduates who withdraw from, or defer, training for reasons other than maternity leave may not receive bursary support on...
Charity will offer training to wider mental health workforce but will advocate for reinstatement of social work training scheme, with current programme due to end in 2027
Charity urges reinstatement of national adoption register - scrapped six years ago - to tackle increasing waits for children as sector leaders cite cost of living as cause of decline in adopter...
Proportion of services providing care to four people or fewer has grown to more than 28% in past two years, with regulator warning they may lack financial resilience, potentially undermining...
Issue being compounded by "lack of leadership" from government and sector, warns representative body for independent fostering agencies, in letter to children's minister
Body charged with devising long-term reforms to adult social care issues callout for views and experiences of those receiving, and working in, care and support about what is and is not working well
Move hailed by domestic abuse campaigners after government review finds that it is part of 'a pro-contact culture' in the family courts that leaves some children at risk of harm