Union is asking over 80,000 members for mandate to stage walkouts in response to COSLA's 3% local government pay offer ...

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 ...

Workforce Insights Harnessing social work values to shape your career pathway Would you move from the city to work in a more rural setting? Webinar: building a practice framework with the influence of ...

The launch of the Casey Commission this week follows a long line of unsuccessful attempts to reform adult social care in England over recent decades. This has left the sector weary and sceptical about ...