It also said that the ECDP would be launched in September 2027, with the final ASYE programme running in 2026-27. The latter will be administered directly by the DfE after Skills for Care, which had ...

Today, Community Care is launching the ‘Neurodiversity belongs in social work’ campaign to shine a spotlight on the diverse minds that make up the social work workforce, and challenge a system that ...

Two-year early career development programme for new children's social workers will launch in September 2027, replacing assessed and supported year in employment, DfE confirms ...

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 ...

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 were re-referrals, finds DfE ...

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 have already had children removed, a national safeguarding review has found.