Bridget Phillipson succeeded as education secretary by Lucy Powell, who will take charge of children's social care ...

Review finds little policy on social work professional development from the Department of Health and Social Care beyond the ...

Prime minister allocates £340m in extra cash for policy and signals five-year programme to provide homes and support ...

Cooper appointed health and social care secretary, meaning she will oversee reform of adults' services, which is expected to be a priority for the new prime minister Home secretary Yvette Cooper ...

Social workers are divided over whether the lead child protection practitioner role should become a protected title ...

Ministers' decision not to create regional children's services authority criticised by charities and social work expert ...

Councils overspent their 2025-26 adult social care budgets by over £700m on back of NHS cuts, report directors ...

Social workers cautious about expansion of statutory social care to cover targeted early help, finds Community Care poll ...

Minister says Families First Partnership programme funding must be used to shift services towards earlier intervention and improve child protection, and says councils will have cash withdrawn if they ...

North Somerset Council social workers discuss the opportunities they are given to develop their knowledge and skills ...

Union asks 200,000 council and school staff across more than 500 employers whether they will strike over local government employers' 3.3% offer, as Unite prepares to also ballot members New ...

Hear South Gloucestershire Council practitioners discuss the unexpected benefits of moving from agency to permanent.