There is a pressing need to end the detention of children for immigration purposes to avoid the damage it causes, the UK’s children’s commissioners have said, urging the UK government to do so...
Team managers across Wales are being offered the opportunity to undertake sponsored training to develop their frontline management skills. The Team Manager Development Programme, which is made up of...
There should be better co-ordination and information sharing between agencies to protect children at risk of child sexual exploitation, says Barnardo’s.
BASW’s chief executive Hilton Dawson has written to the prime minister to urge him to prioritise social work jobs and services at the expense of arts funding.
A children’s social worker who admitted failings in his handling of child protection work has been suspended from the social care register for two years.
A social worker who admitted taking on two full-time jobs simultaneously, but denied she had been dishonest in not telling both employers, has been cleared of misconduct by a General Social Care...
Social workers in Derby have lost their battle with the city council to keep allowances for the use of private cars, with Unison agreeing to call a halt to industrial action.
The deputy minister for social services in Wales has announced plans to publish a white paper on social services next year.
A broad welcome has been given by BASW to the announcement of a diverse membership for the Munro Review panel on the future of child protection.
Fewer transitions and more stability for children in the care system could save children’s services more than £32,000 per child per year as well as ensuring better emotional stability for the child,...