Half of foster carers predicted children in their care would lose entitlement to free school meals due to a policy change introduced this month, according to a survey carried out in the summer.

Sector fears over future of postgraduate social work apprenticeships allayed, however, government has indicated that its long-term plan is to stop funding them, says LGA Postgraduate social work ...

Social Work England and health regulators say they will produce high-level principles on how they will regulate AI use ...

Charity calls for personal adviser role to be regulated and require accredited qualifications after finding training gap ...

Scottish Association of Social Work and Social Workers Union say members have told them that Glasgow City Council's pay and grading overhaul will lead to ...

Motion passed annual general meeting calling on BASW to apologise for profession's role in historic forced adoption ...

The Department of Education has selected a group of councils to help others improve their children's social care services and ...

The government has delayed its response to proposals to reform the law on disabled children's social care, pending decisions on the future of special educational needs and disability (SEND) services.

NISCC proposes that charge for social workers would rise from £65 to £127 over two years, with higher rate for leaders ...

Social workers report experiencing or witnessing colleagues' adjustments being disregarded due to high workloads ...

Joint targeted area inspections of councils, NHS, police and probation will examine multi-agency responses to the neglect of unborn and younger children, after child protection leaders found high ...