Proposal designed to give authority greater control over service delivery, while also reflecting national drift away from ...

Staff not spotting early signs of risk of extrafamilial harm, while there is little evidence interventions are keeping ...

Council's director of children's services says Sara Sharif's murderers 'went to extreme lengths to conceal the truth' ...

Step Up to Social Work will also see some partnerships relax entry criteria or extend access to final-year degree students ...

Approach involving family help and specialist child protection teams to be extended across England, says chief social worker ...

With the DfE having unveiled planned reforms to children's care placements, social workers shared their views on their impact ...

Proposed NHS pay increase, which would affect social workers, is designed to cover headline rise in salary and pay structure ...

A senior hoarding practitioner describes a day spent working to tackle growing referral numbers while helping a student ...

Wiltshire Council an NHS partners have received the top grade from inspectors for their services for children with special ...

Similar numbers of practitioners removed for not completing process as last year, as record 102,888 renew their registration, ...