North East Lincolnshire Council is taking a proactive approach to developing the skills of its social workers and promoting ...

Ministers' decision to stop overseas recruitment into adult social care has caused sector outrage. We look at what it means ...

The family safeguarding approach has played a key role in reducing caseloads for social workers and the number of court ...

The first time the term ‘disguised compliance’ appeared in social work literature was in the book Beyond Blame (Reder et al, ...

Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff half as likely to be appointed from a shortlist, reveals Social Care Workforce Race ...

Workforce 25% short of what is required to staff 24-hour AMHP services, say service leads, though annual report shows fall in ...

Following a 3.2% pay offer for council staff, social workers seem divided on whether to accept the deal or strike for a ...

A social work assistant celebrates a newly qualified social worker who shows "natural kindness and compassion" to the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an increasing presence in social work, but much remains unknown about its potential impact on practice and those who rely on social care. To explore what we know and ...

Largest union joins Unite and GMB in calling on members to vote against accepting proposed 3.2% local government pay rise ...

Union is asking over 80,000 members for mandate to stage walkouts in response to COSLA's 3% local government pay offer ...