More children social care providers will drive up standards and reduce costs Danny Wilson, of Bedspace, which specialises in placements for older teenagers in the north, provides his analysis of the issues Viewpoint 4 May 2022
Watch play about mothers with multiple children taken into care that calls for 'systems rethink' for £1 People with lived experience and social workers help co-produce drama available online News 13 Apr 2022
Social workers come top for kindness Survey of 60,000 puts social work top among professions News 13 Apr 2022
Our 'lived experience' is not in the past - it's a 'living' thing Social work student Dominic Watters on why the terminology needs to change News 13 Apr 2022
New book tells stories from survivors and social workers with experience of disasters Testimonies from Grenfell, Manchester Arena, Hillsborough and other tragedies News 13 Apr 2022
Child Q and anti-racist safeguarding BASW’s anti-racism lead Shantel Thomas responds to the strip search of a 15-year-old girl by the Metropolitan Police News 13 Apr 2022
Government criticised for removing transgender people from proposed ban on conversion therapy Protesters say 'no ban without trans' News 13 Apr 2022
We must heed warning signs of beleagured staff running on empty warns children's services leader Stark warning from ADCS's new president Steve Crocker in inaugural speech News 11 Apr 2022
Why proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act's code of practice matter to social workers Mark Cooper spells out some concerns as the government launches a 16-week consultation Viewpoint 24 Mar 2022
High Court ruling against extending care rights to older teenagers labelled 'cruel and callous' Judge says some 16 and 17-year-olds are 'suitable for very independent living' News 17 Mar 2022