Budget underspend enables Social Work England to boost hearings numbers, but more social workers are waiting at least three years for cases to conclude ...

Large swathes of care market at risk of collapse due to national insurance and minimum wage rises without more government ...

Being a social worker is no easy feat. Practitioners face a mountain of challenges: limited resources, high caseloads, increasingly complex needs, staff shortages and pay increases that have been ...

Social Work England urges those yet to complete social work registration process to do so "now", with rates lagging behind 2023 levels ...

Government says it wants agency social work rules put into law in move described as 'reckless' by recruitment leaders ...

Policy designed to fill 'gap in provision' for children with complex needs subject to deprviation of liberty orders ...