Children's minister Janet Daby says family help is central to ambition "to rebalance the children’s social care system ...

Number of personal assistants - who are employed by direct payment users - fell by 7,000 from 2022-23 to 2023-24 ...

Social workers from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council tell us why they love working there despite the challenges ...

The Employment Rights Bill would allow the government to create an Adult Social Care Negotiating Body to set pay and ...

The DHSC has not paid out the second tranche of the accelerating reform fund despite this being due in August, says Carers ...

Employers' body COSLA says local government pay deal, which is worth 67p an hour or 3.6%, will come into force despite UNISON ...

Social Work England says practitioners' progress on completing renewal tasks was slower than in 2023 as of end of September ...

Police chiefs say Right Care Right Person policy partially explains reduction in officers' use of Mental Health Act power ...

After government's decision to scrap second round of social work apprenticeship funding, it reveals 74 councils shared ...

With rules to curb councils' use of agency staff due to come into force shortly, we asked social workers whether they ...

Jahnine Davis will be tasked with supporting councils to improve practice, amplifying children's voices and championing ...

Ombudsman upheld 80% of complaints it investigated relating to assessment and care planning by local authorities in 2023-24 ...