Overspending on adult social care budgets hits highest level in decade, in part due to NHS responsibilities being transferred to councils ...

Three social work experts provide advice to a student for getting onto an assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) scheme ...

A black service manager recounts how she came to understand the impact of structural racism within social work ...

Wayne Reid explains a new process he and colleagues have developed for documenting, analysing and addressing discrimination ...

Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) practitioners are unsure over when and how to seek parental consent to share information ...

A local government pay deal has been agreed in Scotland after union members gave employers’ latest offer their backing. Members of UNISON, GMG and Unite all endorsed the two-year pay settlement, ...

We look at how the government expects councils to organise teams and practitioner roles to implement child protection and ...

Money comes from £560m allocated to developing children's homes and foster placements in government spending review ...

A social work practice lead celebrates her former practice educator for her "exemplary allyship" in supporting black social ...

While British Muslims are significantly more likely than average consider fostering or adoption, they face significant ...