Member only content One in five local authorities is at risk of going bust in 2024 Council leaders say they have nothing left to cut amid acute financial crisis News 8 Dec 2023
Member only content New immigration rules will be a disaster for social work Foreign worker pay threshold rises to £38,700 prompting warning over new staffing crisis News 8 Dec 2023
Member only content The brave new world of digital safeguarding Dr Sarah Carlick on how technology can – and should – revolutionise child protection In focus 8 Dec 2023
Member only content Scottish social work students celebrate funding victory Victory ends 'lottery' of bursary system but fight continues to achieve parity with other professions News 8 Dec 2023
Member only content ‘A complex and nonsensical pay system’ fuelling recruitment crisis in Scotland Scottish Association of Social Work demands national approach to pay and conditions News 8 Dec 2023
Member only content A diet of potatoes: the harsh realities of life on £1.40 a day Report highlights UK treatment of asylum seekers facing deep poverty fuelled by cost of living crisis News 8 Dec 2023
Member only content High vacancy rates, poor staff retention – it feels like a ‘crunch point’ in social work BASW chief executive Ruth Allen and SWU general secretary John McGowan discuss the state of social work News 7 Dec 2023
Member only content 139,000 homeless children this Christmas is ‘shameful’ Shortage of social housing and sky high private rents plunge more families into housing insecurity News 7 Dec 2023
Member only content My social work parents said don’t be a social worker (but I ignored them) Final year social work student Olivia Laverton reflects on her chosen career and what she has learned so far… Viewpoint 7 Dec 2023
Member only content ‘Astronomical’ rise in cost of children’s social care placements draining council coffers Local Government Association warning amid 1,150 per cent rise in placements costing £10k plus a week News 7 Dec 2023