GMB joins Unite in opposition to employers' 3.2% local government pay offer for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ...

A social worker with over 20 years’ experience reflects on a time when supervision meetings left her feeling stressed ...

Despite the government increasing social care grants, most social workers expect budget cuts in their services ...

An care-experienced advocate for children in care discusses the consequences of social workers failing to follow safeguarding ...

LGA's social work health check, answered by almost 7,000 practitioners, finds no overall improvement in workplace wellbeing ...

Practitioners also report seeing more families in poverty, with rising proportion of staff reporting mental health struggles, ...

Government remit asks independent commission on social care to consider services for older people and disabled adults ...

Two senior social workers discuss how a training framework is helping them progress in their careers and build their ...

Advance statements and advance decisions are ways in which people can ensure that their wishes and preferences are followed ...

However, pathfinder approach poses resource challenge for Cafcass due to need for upfront investment of social worker time, ...

Lane sets out the main changes made, and issues raised, by the House of Lords in relation to the Mental Health Bill ...