Social Work England says practitioners' progress on completing renewal tasks was slower than in 2023 as of end of September ...

As more councils employ AI in social work to save time on admin, sector bodies call for regulation to address ethical ...

Charity also finds widespread disparities in recorded disability rates among children in care and care leavers ...

After government's decision to scrap second round of social work apprenticeship funding, it reveals 74 councils shared ...

Latest family court statistics also shows deprivation of liberty order applications far outstripping those for secure ...

Bridgend's west integrated network team celebrates a social work assistant who is now taking the leap to become a social worker ...

Social Work England drops practice of checking 2.5% of practitioners' records after current renewal round due to review of ...

Money will be paid in October to cover the burdens on authorities of reporting on their use of agency social workers ...

A 10% drop in the police’s use of powers to remove people to a place of safety has been linked to a policy restricting forces’ response to mental health incidents. There were 31,213 detentions under ...

Ombudsman upheld 80% of complaints it investigated relating to assessment and care planning by local authorities in 2023-24 ...