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Private agencies 'hoovering up' newly qualified social workers should be better regulated or ‘preferably’ banned, according to Steve Crocker, Director of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services.

He set out his vision of a ‘not-for-profit care system’ where newly qualified social workers aren’t enticed into agency work at the recent ADCS annual conference.

The year ahead will be the most challenging that adult social care has ever faced, The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) is warning.

Only three per cent of directors responding to the Spring Budget Survey are confident they have the resources to deliver their responsibilities next year.

What will Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as PM mean for social work and the people it supports? PSW looks at the two remaining candidates…

Despite government pledges, more than 2,000 autistic people and people with learning disabilities in England are in inpatient mental health hospitals

Successful campaign leads to massive increase in financial support for students in Wales through the Social Work Bursary

A private children's home in Birmingham housing four children with trauma and complex needs has been condemned as inadequate by Ofsted.
The home run by DMR Services was found to have 'serious and widespread failures that mean children are not protected or their welfare is not promoted or safeguarded'.

Trained volunteers matched to a care-experienced child can be a positive role-model but are currently under-used says Shelia Lupton

Health secretary hails ‘most ambitious reform of public services since the creation of the NHS’

BASW’s AGM motion expresses concern of role being used to 'advocate for government policy'

Weaknesses more apparent than strengths, delegates told