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 ...

ADCS says Ofsted plan to penalise councils for using unregistered homes would hold authorities to unattainable standard ...

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 ...

News Care-experienced children among groups least well served by current mental health system, finds review . Today , says probe into ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Department sets deadline for councils and fellow safeguarding partners to fully roll out family help services, multi-agency child protection teams and family group decision making, under Families ...

Practitioners more likely than not to support legalisation of assisted dying, following failure of latest effort to reform the law Photo by Community Care Assisted dying retains social work support, ...