Number of new bursaries awarded in up 56% in 2025-26, following sharp fall in numbers in 2024-25, reports Social Care Wales ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Capital limits for council-funded social care kept at levels set in 2010, meaning more people self-funding care ...

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

Fee income 2% higher than expected after hike in charges did not prevent more social workers renewing registration ...