Experienced care workers were earning just 4p per hour more on average than newcomers to the sector as of December 2024, ...

Prime minister questioned on future of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, with therapy for thousands of children ...

370,000 to lose entitlement to personal independence payment, while 430,000 who would have been eligible will not receive ...

Kim Leadbeater pledges to amend assisted dying bill to extend opt-outs from process to practitioners other than health ...

Social workers have rejected the DfE's estimate of 15.4 cases per children's social worker, with some calling it 'misleading' ...

Vicky Wright has enabled social workers to start doing life story work earlier by creating child-focused books for children ...

Think Ahead wants 24,000 more NHS mental health social workers recruited over next 10 years but warns trusts are cutting back ...

Rejection of Lords amendments exempting sector from tax increase is 'devastating blow' that will force social care providers ...

Case reviews have traditionally not involved social workers. However, doing so ensures accuracy and enhances learning, writes ...

Plan for five-year early career framework dropped, but proposed social work induction programme conditional on spending ...

Share your experience of social work learning, for the latest wave of Community Care Inform's Learning Landscapes research ...

Charities castigate DWP plans to tighten eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP) and half incapacity benefit ...