North East Lincolnshire Council’s children’s services were recently described by Ofsted as “unrecognisable” from where they were in 2021, when they were rated inadequate in all areas. In a report ...

Action Against ASGSF Changes says children's minister showed no willingness to engage with impact of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund cuts ...

Two black social work leaders detail their journey to management and the advice they'd give to black practitioners starting their journey ...

Regulator has received 29% more concerns about social workers this year than last, undermining drive to tackle fitness to practise delays ...

Minister Josh MacAlister says forthcoming plan to 'improve and expand fostering' will cut numbers placed away from their communities ...

Commissioner finds care experienced children's first contact with criminal justice system often occurred after they went into care ...

After a report urged workload limits for social workers calculated by algorithm, practitioners say it could work so long as case complexity is accounted for ...

Work pressures and staff shortages continue to result in lost learning, while some social workers also making regular use of AI, finds study ...

Napo and Cafcass enter talks to resolve dispute over members' rejection of 2025-26 pay offer at family court body ...

Ensuring that practitioners have access to wellbeing support, and flexible working arrangements and the chance to network with the wider workforce through staff engagement events are areas that North ...

Community Care's forthcoming mental health masterclass will dissect how current legislation will reform the Mental Health Act 1983 ...

Probe into Sara Sharif's killing by father and stepmother finds multiple points at which different actions should have been taken by agencies ...