A social worker with over 20 years' experience explains what she wishes she had known when she first qualified ...
Author of 2011 report on reform says issues facing sector have gotten worse since then, following announcement of new social ...
MPs give in principle approval to Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would introduce multi-agency child protection ...
Two social workers share lessons from their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) for those starting their careers ...
In this entry, newly qualified social worker Anjali Singhal celebrates the team manager who, “without judgement”, supported ...
In the wake of the right care, right person policy, we gauged social workers' opinion on police withdrawing from mental ...
A parent-led network argues that parent advocacy can help ensure families’ voices are heard during the child protection ...
Government will introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse legislation this spring, reviving policy dropped by ...
Experts will cover issues including the legal framework around adult safeguarding and the link with the Mental Capacity Act ...
The government will set up an independent commission to recommend long-term reform to adult social care, it announced today. The body, which will be led by former senior civil servant Baroness (Louise ...
Just one-third of social workers (34%) would recommend the profession as a career, a Social Work England has found. A greater proportion – 42% – would not recommend social work, with the remainder ...
Welcome to The Social Work Community Podcast’s mini-series, ‘Ask the experts’, where we put your careers questions to three social work experts. In this episode, Dame Lorna Boreland-Kelly, Claire ...