Available data do not enable councils to determine whether they are purchasing the right kinds of care placement, says ...

Flagship policy to create national care service overhauled after significant opposition in Scottish Parliament and from local ...

A recent survey by Social Work England found that most social workers feel unvalued by society, but is that true?

Several councils have less than one full-time member of home education staff, meaning workforce is insufficient' to take on ...

Alex Wright is a reporter for Comms Business, a sister publication of Community Care, which is running the Fit to Switch ...

Hampshire County Council is working to ensure that older adults avoid unnecessary trips to hospital thanks to a collaboration ...

Norfolk County Council has taken a number of steps to improve and innovate its fostering service and provision of residential ...

The chief social worker for children and families remembers the life and work of the mind behind the family safeguarding ...

Cafcass has agreed a pay deal for its staff covering 2024-25. Staff, including the family court body’s approximately 1,700 social workers, have been a given a 4.43% increase, backdated to April 2024.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a national audit of gang-related child sexual exploitation (CSE), to examine the current scale and nature of the problem. Alongside the three-month review, led ...

For several years I’ve been part of the team that develops the ‘lay summary’ of MBRRACE-UK’s* annual report on maternal deaths. During this time, my colleagues from across the voluntary sector and I ...