Government increases ASGSF budget for 2026-27 by 10% but fails to unwind reductions in funding limits for therapy ...

Social Care Wales, with funding from the Welsh Government, awards up to 224 new bursaries a year to students ordinarily ...

Councils grew social work workforce for third consecutive year , with number of filled posts up by over 800 in 2024-25 ...

Average pay for adult social workers rose by 1.3% in real-terms in 2024-25 but was 3.2% lower than 2016 levels ...

At the end of 2025, Hampshire County Council’s children’s services introduced a new pathway plan designed to safely support the process of children safely going home to their parents.

Social work bursary reforms designed to increase numbers qualifying as social worker by better targeting support ...

Councils grew social work workforce for third consecutive year , with number of filled posts up by over 800 in 2024-25 ...

Social Work England probing causes of sharp rise in fitness to practise referrals, which it says reflects wider trends ...

DHSC says over 150,000 working-age adults will receive at least an extra £400 a year due to above-inflationary rise to minimum income guarantee, but ADASS warns councils have not been funded to delive ...

NHS social workers in England and Wales to get 3.3% rise in 2026-27, with Northern Ireland staff awaiting confirmation ...

Government confirms additional funding for councils' adults' and children's social care services over next three years ...