LGA warns government that demand and cost increases are outstripping social care budgets, in wake of significant overspends ...

The government will implement the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) ...

A mother who has experienced child to parent abuse reflects on the support she received from from Oxfordshire County Council clinical and social work staff ...

Minimum wage underpayment must be addressed by funding boost and national contract enforcing minimum fee rates, says Homecare ...

This episode of The Social Work Community Podcast is part two of a mini-series on the benefits of having an in-house clinical ...

Social work regulation should not be subject to political priorities, nor should it be involved in promoting the profession, ...

UK government says Cheshire West deprivation of liberty ruling went beyond European Court of Human Rights case law ...

The evidence base for fabricated or induced illness is weak and its consequences for families are catastrophic, argue Andy ...

Jahnine Davis highlights lack of emphasis on children and parents, and on arrangements other than SGOs, in kinship care ...

With black people disproportionately likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act, social workers urge more funding and ...

Ofsted moving away from registering children's homes based on timing of applications and will prioritise applications to ...