A parent-led network argues that parent advocacy can help ensure families’ voices are heard during the child protection ...

Experts will cover issues including the legal framework around adult safeguarding and the link with the Mental Capacity Act ...

Social workers in leadership roles have been recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours list. They include a director of ...

Commission headed by Louise Casey will identify key issues facing sector and recommend changes designed to create 'national ...

Just one-third of social workers (34%) would recommend the profession as a career, a Social Work England has found. A greater ...

Almost half of social workers believe they should have a role in any future assisted dying process, though others fear the ...

Welcome to The Social Work Community Podcast’s mini-series, ‘Ask the experts’, where we put your careers questions to three social work experts. In this episode, Dame Lorna Boreland-Kelly, Claire ...

As 2024 comes to a close, we conclude a year dedicated to marking Community Care’s 50th anniversary. In many ways, this became an opportunity to celebrate social work’s enduring legacy and profound ...

Approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) have voiced concerns about the impact on their safety of a national police policy of not attending most mental health incidents. In some areas, AMHPs are ...

Most social workers would consider working for an inadequate-rated service though for some it would depend on the role, a Community Care poll has found. Of 590 respondents to a recent Community Care ...

In 1974, around twenty young people began a four-year course at the University of Bradford, combining a BA in applied social studies with a certificate of qualification in social work (CQSW). Many of ...