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 ...

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

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

Teams comprising social care, health and youth justice staff will assess and support children deprived of liberty ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Brains, balance and bounce back: the essential role of occupational therapy in adults with acquired brain injury. An ...