Staff at Cafcass, England's biggest social work employer, given 4.43% increase, backdated to April 2024, following pay talks ...

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

Research carried out before Budget unveiled estimated £2.8bn in additional costs for adult social care finds providers facing ...

Three-month review to probe current scale and nature of gang-based child sexual exploitation, says home secretary Yvette ...

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

A rising number of women who died in pregnancy or shortly after giving birth were involved with social care, says Kirsty ...

In the wake of the right care, right person policy, we gauged social workers' opinion on police withdrawing from mental ...

Lack of adequate housing, welfare reforms and families lacking access to public funds loading pressures on children's ...

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

Government will introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse legislation this spring, reviving policy dropped by ...

Most social workers believe a significant disconnect exists between senior management and frontline practitioners ...

Experts will cover issues including the legal framework around adult safeguarding and the link with the Mental Capacity Act ...