Regional hourly limits on what councils pay employment agencies for social workers will stay in place until 2027 ...

National standards for the provision of advocacy for children and young people involved with the social care system have been ...

Government promised to consult on implementing the LPS in first half of 2026 but is considering effects of AGNI ruling ...

Children in care among most likely to develop mental health difficulties, but often denied care, finds Fonagy Review ...

Yvette Cooper announces collective pension scheme for care staff in England following lobbying from UNISON, which warned that ...

Lack of training and workload issues creating barriers to practitioners offering people direct payments, finds report ...

As of 30 September 2026, 11.8% of social workers had met regulator's CPD requirements for registration renewal, up from 10.9% at the same time last year ...

Andy Burnham has pledged to provide free personal care for older people, but given no such promise to working-age disabled adults, under planned reforms announced this week. A statement on the ...

Review follows research which found rapid growth in number of centres has come in absence of strategy or strong evidence ...

Social workers say employers are failing to take steps to keep them safe, despite frequent verbal abuse during visits ...

Glasgow City Council also drops immediate threat of 'fire and rehire' process for staff over equal pay dispute ...

The prime minister's pledge of free personal care for older people would not address many of the issues facing sector ...