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 ...
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.
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 ...