Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) practitioners are unsure over when and how to seek parental consent to share information ...

Wayne Reid explains a new process he and colleagues have developed for documenting, analysing and addressing discrimination ...

Council staff will get 4% rise this year and 3.5% increase in 2026-27, after union members back improved local government pay ...

A social work practice lead celebrates her former practice educator for her "exemplary allyship" in supporting black social ...

We look at how the government expects councils to organise teams and practitioner roles to implement child protection and ...

ADASS and BASW urge government to end 'uncertainty' over whether Liberty Protection Safeguards will be introduced to replace ...

Government accepts call to develop quality strategy for sector after review finds a lack of attention has been paid what ...

While British Muslims are significantly more likely than average consider fostering or adoption, they face significant ...

Older less likely to receive funded care in areas with older populations, implying councils are rationing services, says ...

Union joins GMB and Unite in urging employers to come back with improvement on 3.2% local government pay offer ...

Chief social workers Isabelle Trowler and Sarah McClinton to give update on government policy on social work at annual ...

A social worker with over 20 years’ experience shares what she would tell her younger self when she was overwhelmed by work ...