This article examines the plans for a proposed new framework for students who are studying to become social workers in England. The framework is called Rea

Research also shows teenagers in care are four times more likely to try to end their lives than peers with no care history

In light of the upcoming consultation on the new deprivations of liberty system, we gauged social workers' opinions on whether it will strengthen safeguards for vulnerable people

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Coram is calling for people across the country to share their stories of adoption, to mark the centenary of The Adoption of Children Act in 2026.

Funding to implement adult social care pay agreement to come from £4bn boost to sector coffers announced in government spending review

Law Commission issues recommendations to simplify 'unnecessarily complex' legal framework for disabled children

The proposals will be debated in the House of Lords this week

Proportion of councils rated outstanding by Ofsted for children's services has doubled since 2021, finds Community Care analysis

Rise driven by concerns from members of the public, the overwhelming majority of which are rejected by regulator at initial stage

Founder of the Guardian’s Society section who stood for the SDP/Liberal Alliance in the 1983 and 1987 general elections

Eileen Munro questions overhaul of child protection conference chair role and raises concerns about non-social work qualified staff taking on cases

Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) is a term used in England since 2002 to describe situations where a parent or caregiver either exaggerates a child’s sy

📢It's here - Get Me To Hospital A guide for people, families and practitioners when supporting someone to go to hospital who is deemed as unable to make the decision and is refusing. Co-produce...

Ministers' decision to stop overseas recruitment into adult social care has caused sector outrage. We look at what it means for staffing levels

Barrister accuses child safeguarding body of seeking to muzzle a woman 'speaking out for abuse survivors'.

Proposal would account for inflation since last rise in 2015 and is designed to shift balance of Social Work England's funding away from taxpayer

BASW has set out 40 priorities for the next UK Government that we’ll be highlighted to all political parties ahead of the General Election. Our blog series takes a deeper look at each of the policy as...

Practitioners also report seeing more families in poverty, with rising proportion of staff reporting mental health struggles, finds Social Workers Union

Call to action for members to write to their MP

An care-experienced advocate for children in care discusses the consequences of social workers failing to follow safeguarding procedures

Government remit asks independent commission on social care to consider services for older people and disabled adults separately

Ministers could face legal action over their “absolutely disgraceful” refusal to meet people with learning difficulties and autistic people to discuss the failure of the mental health bill to prote…

The first region wide body where councils work together to plan, commission and deliver children’s social care placements has launched in Greater Manchester.