Proposed guidance would change threshold for action by local authority designated officers and strengthen expectations for LADOs about escalating persistent concerns and around their access to ...

Lead child protection practitioners (LCPPs) will be required to both investigate child protection cases and chair ensuing ...

The DfE has published standards setting out the knowledge and skills expected of lead child protection practitioners ...

Recently, I received a message from someone I had worked with when I was a newly qualified social worker. Now an adult, they told me they were about to start a social work degree and that this ...

Director of children's services says Kerry Coombes was a "highly respected and dedicated social worker who cared deeply about the children and families she supported" Social worker Kerry Coombes - ...

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services also revising forms for processing DoLS cases in response to judgment ...

Ask Inform brings together trusted information to help practitioners understand social work guidance and research ...

Number of registered social work students in Scotland fell by 10% from 2022-25, but has increased in the past year ...

All 14 members of BASW NI's committee have resigned this year following a 'loss of confidence' in the UK leadership ...

Social workers are split over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Chesire West ruling on deprivation of liberty ...

An AMHP service in Lincolnshire worked with their CAMHS and providers to reduce repeat Mental Health Act assessments ...