The money will fund three "local learning partnerships", comprising social work employers and education providers, and will initially be used to boost the availability of practice learning ...

Five years previously, Dr Paula McFadden’s survey on burnout, conducted in collaboration with Community Care, had found that 86% of social workers who described their supervision as ineffective ...

Government drive for integrated care boards to cut headcounts by 50% is leading to designated doctor or nurse roles being put at risk of redundancy or being amalgamated with other posts, says charity ...

By enabling the involvement of extended family in decision making - regardless of location - FGDM co-ordinators can explore safe, culturally appropriate solutions that may otherwise be overlooked and ...

Alternative to containment’ for children at risk of deprivation of liberty being developed by new organisation Reset ...

NRPF refers to immigration conditions that prevent people from accessing most welfare benefits, housing assistance and some other public funds. For people in mental health crisis, this can mean no ...

A senior social worker celebrates the manager who created a safe space for her to regain her confidence in her practice and ...

When I worked as a male social worker in children and families, I was often the exception, sometimes the only man in a team. The reactions are familiar: “You don’t see many men wanting to work with ...

Lead child protection practitioners (LCPP) risk burnout, social workers have warned in response to a Community Care poll. The specialist safeguarding role is not a good career opportunity for social ...