First black president of ADASS and outgoing chair of Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel recognised in King's Birthday ...

Improved progression opportunities for experienced practitioners in adults' services also part of settlement of social work ...

Chris Badger, currently director at Hertfordshire council, will take responsibility for CQC's assessments of councils and ...

Extra for adult social care in spending review dependent on large council tax hikes, and leaves little for reform or pay, say ...

Two social workers who have switched from children's to adults' detail what prompted their decisions and the different ...

Care minister Stephen Kinnock says introduction of LPS 'under review' but he is not entirely persuaded that it would achieve ...

DWP says recipients reassessed as ineligible for PIP will have 13-week grace period before removal of payments, but ...

Louise Casey's audit of group-based child sexual exploitation highlights 'mismatch' between case numbers recorded by police ...

Chief social work adviser role will be put on statutory footing as part of creation of National Social Work Agency within ...

Law Commission will examine different legal orders for children in kinship care and the scope to simplify the law ...

Singeta Kalhan-Gregory will be employed by BASW Cymru to help improve social work practice with minority ethnic communities ...

UNISON says threat of strike action forced COSLA to make revised offer of 4% pay rise in 2025-26 followed by 3.5% increase in ...