The social work watchdog is urging universities to drive up the quality of work placements for students after two-thirds of providers were asked to make improvements.

Interview with Graham Allen, author of the government-commissioned early intervention report and Labour MP

A programme that gives social work students first-hand experience with vulnerable young people is set to be rolled out across the UK.

Campaigners fighting to save 11 care homes in Kent may challenge the decision to shut them in court.

FAMILIES affected by the closure of the Griffin Care Centre have described the ‘chaos’ caused by the sudden decision to move out all of its residents.

Inflexible and stressful jobs are leaving parents racked with guilt and increasingly distant from their children, according to a Demos report.

Projects that help to keep women offenders out of prison unlikely to receive continued funding from the Ministry of Justice

A COUNCIL facing cutbacks of more than £100m has come under fire for staffing an empty care home.

BASW’s chief executive has urged Barnardo’s to submit its hard-hitting report on sexual grooming to the Munro enquiry into child protection.

The coalition Government is all set to publish its Health and Social Care Bill later this week, which would see the biggest transformation of the NHS in its six decade long history.