CQC also finds safeguarding weaknesses, but says councils broadly performing well in face of significant challenges ...

How confident are you that Social Work England can address fitness to practise delays in light of the recent independent ...

Teams comprising social workers and mental health and youth justice staff, will carry out assessments and plan support for children experiencing, or at risk of, deprivation of liberty under government ...

Ministers' decision not to create regional children's services authority criticised by charities and social work expert ...

North Somerset Council social workers discuss the opportunities they are given to develop their knowledge and skills ...

Statutory review of social work regulation in England criticises 'unacceptable' fitness to practise delays and 'disproportionate' CPD requirements, but says regulator has developed 'significant ...

Relatively modest increases in income will help avoid families requiring child protection interventions, finds research ...

Social workers are divided over whether the lead child protection practitioner role should become a protected title ...

Minister claims regional commissioning of care placements will crack down on "profiteering", in announcing five more ...

Union asks 200,000 council and school staff across more than 500 employers whether they will strike over local government employers' 3.3% offer, as Unite prepares to also ballot members New ...