Mental Health Act reform would raise thresholds for detention and limit sectioning of autistic people and those with learning ...

With the 2024-25 local government pay dispute settled, we gauged social workers' opinion on who held responsibility for the ...

With the government failing to cover social care for the cost of tax increases, fears will have grown over its fair pay plans ...

Increased costs of care from national living wage and employer national insurance rises add to existing pressures, say social ...

Universities report poverty and cost of living pressures a factor in reduced number of social work students in Scotland, says ...

Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza urges tighter guidance on child in need support after finding most plans lacked ...

Two social workers share their experience of returning from maternity leave and how Essex County Council has supported their ...

A mental health social worker nominates her "compassionate" manager for seeing the "best in everyone she supports" ...

Lane outlines how the Mental Health Bill would revise provisions and safeguards around detention and treatment ...

Numbers of referrals, assessments, children in need and children on child protection plans fell from 2022-23 to 2023-24, ...

More people are receiving adult social care in England following years of decline, official data shows. Councils funded long-term care packages for 858,720 people during 2023-24, up 2.8% on the year ...