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'Big Conversation' seeks practitioners' views on British Association of Social Workers and the current issues facing profession, as BASW seeks to sharpen its impact through new five-year plan
Authorities would also be expected to carry out annual self-assessment, while regulator also plans to increase focus on support for unpaid carers in its judgments of councils, says chief inspector
Association questions whether social workers will be among public service staff given reduced settlement timeframe under policy to increase period migrants must wait before gaining indefinite leave to...
Numbers of adult safeguarding concerns and Care Act section 42 enquiries in England have both risen annually for the past four years, reports Department of Health and Social Care
Regulator says concentration of homes in cheaper areas suggests decisions driven by profits, rather than children's needs, but Children's Homes Association warns residential sector 'crisis' the result...
Clenton Farquharson raises concern about people receiving care bearing costs of, but being excluded, from decisions of Adult Social Care Negotiating Body that will determine fair pay agreements for...
Just 303 visas were granted to overseas care staff in July to September 2025, when ban on recruitment from abroad was implemented, but previous immigration restrictions have also driven down numbers
Minister tells sector leaders that rollout of regional commissioning will be sped up and it will become future model for care system, replacing local authority-based purchasing and provision
Councils will still be graded on their performance in relation to children needing help and protection, children in care, care leavers and leadership, ahead of wider reform to inspections in 2027
Family court advisers responding better to child and adult victims of domestic abuse but some say caseloads are too high due to increased demand, staff shortages and sickness absence, says...
Ofsted data shows scale of challenge facing Josh MacAlister in achieving aim of creating surplus of foster carers to give children choice of placement and reduce use of residential care
National living wage will increase to £12.71 an hour in April 2026, benefiting hundreds of thousands of care workers, but raising questions about sector's ability to fund rise