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Domestic abuse practitioner from London borough wins overall social worker of the year prize at ceremony recognising excellence in practice, education, research, leadership, technology and promoting...
Consultation on introducing new system, designed to streamline process of authorising deprivations of liberty in health and care settings, will take place in 2026, seven years after legislation to...
Commissioners and providers bear responsibility, but illegal underpayments must be addressed by government funding boost and national contract enforcing minimum council fee rates, says Homecare...
LGA warns government that demand and cost increases are outstripping resource, in wake of significant overspends on adults' and children's services over past three years
Government says 'acid test' set out in landmark 2014 ruling deviated from European Court of Human Rights case law, however charities have warned that its intervention risks removing vital safeguards...
Government's £115m cut to planned adult social care learning and development funding in 2024-25 was followed by reduction in proportion of care staff with level 2 qualification,, shows Skills for Care...
Regulator says it is moving away from registering children's homes based on when applications are received and will prioritise services designed to tackle shortage of placements, in face of high...
Providers warn costs will rise due to legislation making statutory sick pay available from day one and to more staff, adding to concerns that sector will be inadequately funded to deliver on new...
Jahnine Davis highlights lack of emphasis on children and parents, and on arrangements other than special guardianship, and says kinship seen primarily as permanence option, rather than opportunity...
Government says need for more social workers is barrier to rollout of private law pathfinder, which, reportedly, has significantly improved children and families’ experiences of courts system in trial...
Government weighs benefits of having unified approach to terms and conditions across sector with using limited resource to boost remuneration for staff not currently covered by national pay deals
