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About 8% of registered social workers had completed the renewal form and CPD requirements by end of first month of three-month process, the same rate as in 2024
Professional association says changes, involving departure of three long-serving directors, will help focus resources on benefits and services to members, as it plans consultation on its future...
Children's minister admits objective is 'alien' to current care system and says it would require having 'lots of excess foster carers', in speech at Labour Party Conference fringe event
Think tank calculates funding for first sector-wide fair pay agreement in 2028 would amount to 20p per hour for care staff as council heads warn of further pressure on services if deal is not fully...
Watchdog warns children not being adequately safeguarded from abuse in institutional settings and says local authority designated officer role needs to be made independent of councils to boost...
Think tank finds significant regional variations in eligibility for and spending on CHC that cannot be fully explained by need or cost differences, and urges government and NHS action to improve...
Number of care applications in England from April to August 2025 was 6.6% higher than in the same period in 2024, reveals family courts body, as government seeks to reduce number of looked-after...
AMHP leads and charity urge changes to MHA reform bill as data shows black people four times as likely to be detained and eight times as likely to be placed on community treatment orders as white...
Data suggests funding on family support and lower level statutory social work being squeezed, as government seeks to shift children's social care system towards earlier intervention and reduce...
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman upheld more complaints in relation to council and provider adult social care services in 2024-25 compared with 2023-24
Adults' and children's principal social worker leaders will discuss how they are working together to tackle issues relating to anti-racist practice, transitions and supporting the workforce, at...
Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has written to government officials in response to case review that highlighted "vanishingly rare" provision for young autistic people who have mental health...
