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 ...

About a third of referrals for gang involvement, criminal exploitation and missing episodes were re-referrals, finds DfE ...

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

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

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 ...

A shift in child protection practice is needed to tackle parental non-engagement with services, particularly where families ...

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 ...