Most social workers believe there are no meaningful career progression opportunities besides stepping into management, a poll ...

Social work roles will be regionalised under Department for Education (DfE) plans to create 10,000 more fostering places in ...

Up to six more co-operatives will be set up to take responsibility for commissioning care placements in their regions ...

The money will fund three "local learning partnerships", comprising social work employers and education providers, and will initially be used to boost the availability of practice learning ...

Five years previously, Dr Paula McFadden’s survey on burnout, conducted in collaboration with Community Care, had found that 86% of social workers who described their supervision as ineffective ...

Up to six more co-operatives will be set up to take responsibility for commissioning care placements in their regions ...

A senior social worker celebrates the manager who created a safe space for her to regain her confidence in her practice and ...

Social workers in England are increasingly working with children whose families span international borders. Yet, our systems have been slow to evolve in response to this growing reality. Despite the ...

NRPF refers to immigration conditions that prevent people from accessing most welfare benefits, housing assistance and some other public funds. For people in mental health crisis, this can mean no ...

Alternative to containment’ for children at risk of deprivation of liberty being developed by new organisation Reset ...

When I worked as a male social worker in children and families, I was often the exception, sometimes the only man in a team. The reactions are familiar: “You don’t see many men wanting to work with ...