Incoming directors of children's services are now being offered a year of coaching following a 12-month training programme ...

Most social workers in Wales have seen their financial position get worse over past year, finds research for Social Care ...

Cafcass social workers will no longer refer to domestic abuse "claims" in new policy, designed to ensure better protection ...

With the Labour government having completed 100 days in power, Community Care canvassed social workers on its treatment of ...

This week, Community Care Inform launches a learning hub on executive functioning to fill that gap.

Carer’s allowance is worth £81.90 per week and is paid to people aged over 16 who cares for someone who claims a qualifying ...

The Employment Rights Bill would allow the government to create an Adult Social Care Negotiating Body to set pay and ...

Number of personal assistants - who are employed by direct payment users - fell by 7,000 from 2022-23 to 2023-24 ...

Council leaders also questioned the relatively small number of cases reviewed by the Care Quality Commission in checks on ...

Children's minister Janet Daby says family help is central to ambition "to rebalance the children’s social care system ...

Evidence body Foundations calls for kinship carers to be provided with specialist workers to help them access support ...

Social workers from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council tell us why they love working there despite the challenges ...