Almost 20% fewer children's social workers started assessed and supported year in employment programmes in 2024-25 ...

Kinship carers of 5,000 children who would otherwise have gone into care will be paid an allowance to care for them ...

Care worker pay in independent sector rose by 5% over past year, lagging behind rise in national living wage - report ...

Social work bursary reforms designed to increase numbers qualifying as social worker by better targeting support ...

A shift in child protection practice is needed to tackle parental non-engagement with services, particularly where families have already had children removed, a national safeguarding review has found.

Social Care Wales, with funding from the Welsh Government, awards up to 224 new bursaries a year to students ordinarily ...

About a third of referrals for gang involvement, criminal exploitation and missing episodes in 2022-23 were re-referrals, finds Department for Education analysis of children in need data Children ...

Average pay for adult social workers rose by 1.3% in real-terms in 2024-25 but was 3.2% lower than 2016 levels ...

Councils grew social work workforce for third consecutive year , with number of filled posts up by over 800 in 2024-25 ...

How would you reform the social work bursary in England, assuming no more money? Social workers are being held fully accountable for their use of AI tools, despite a lack of train ...

councils responsible for social care granted over £1bn in exceptional financial support in principle for 2026-2 ...