Tribunal imposes exemplary damages on Social Work England for allowing its fitness to practise processes to be subverted in ...
The government plans to publish data on every council’s waiting times for adult social care assessments and services, it has revealed. The DHSC announced the plans in guidance on councils’ use of its ...
The government has readvertised the chief social worker for adults position at a higher salary, six months after it started recruiting for a successor to Lyn Romeo.
The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty ...
Ideas for reform include expecting staff to be qualified to level 3 within three years, says adult social care workforce ...
Councils will be required to submit figures on social worker salaries and invited to provide data on bonuses in annual workforce census ...
BASW officer Denise Monks spoke to Community Care about the need for specialist support for parents with learning ...
The turnover of directors of children’s services (DCSs) rose for the third consecutive year in 2023-24, on the back of high ...
The government’s axing of a social work leadership training scheme risks undermining support for practitioners as well as the retention of managers, principal social workers have warned. The chairs of ...