A council has become only the fifth to be currently rated outstanding in all categories by Ofsted after inspectors found it was delivering exceptional practice that made children feel loved under visionary leadership North Lincolnshire has joined Hampshire Kensington and...

Council heads have urged the government to fund another return to social work scheme to bring practitioners back into practice and alleviate pressures on the workforce in England The Local Government Association LGA made the call in a briefing...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt In a few short weeks the war in Ukraine displaced over four million people As a human rights profession in the new global order the social work profession has called for not only the support of social workers in Ukraine and their neighboring countries but also for pressure on all host countries to facilitate fast efficient admission of asylum seekers and strengthening of resettlement services Using...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article engages with a case study situated in a public social service system in Uganda Africa Through case analysis I highlight the complexities related to professional ethics in social work practice in Africa and argue that efforts to promote ethics human rights and social justice in this context require creativity innovation and activism to confront structural conditions that trap people in unjust circumstances While building...

Supervision orders face an overhaul to improve their effectiveness in supporting family reunification but experts have concluded they should not be abolished Under the proposals local authorities would be expected to present a fully resourced plan in their final evidence...

The government has delayed its response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care until next year The Department for Education had pledged to produce an ambitious and detailed government response and implementation strategy by the end of this year...

Foster carer shortages are deepening in England with one in eight fostering households having quit and more leaving than joining over the past year Ofsted's latest fostering statistics released earlier this month showed that in - mainstream fostering households...

Councils piloting the cap on care costs have paused their work after the government announced a two-year delay to the policy The Department of Health and Social Care DHSC is in talks with the six 'trailblazer' authorities about the way...

Over a third of social workers are yet to renew their registration with five days to go until the deadline As of this morning social workers had renewed their registration of those who need to do so said...

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