Social work news
External news
2 years ago
Supreme Court to hear case on ordinary residence for section 117
The Supreme Court will hear a case to determine responsibility for funding mental health aftercare for certain out-of-area placements It has granted Worcestershire council the right to appeal a Court of Appeal judgment that ruled against the authority and in...
External news
2 years ago
Sharp rise in social workers sharing diversity data with regulator
There has been a sharp rise in the number of social workers sharing data on their protected characteristics with the regulator Social Work England said the proportion of registrants sharing this data had reached as of November...
External news
2 years ago
Amanda Spielman's speech at the 2022 National Children and Adult Services conference
Ofsted's Chief Inspector spoke at the National Children and Adult Services NCASC annual conference...
CSWM news
2 years ago
Social Worker of the Year Awards 2022: One day to go!
Children's Social Work Matters is proud to be sponsoring the Newly Qualified Children's Social Worker of the Year category: Best of luck to all the finalists!
External news
2 years ago
‘My skillset is now 10 times greater’: how collaborative working is boosting social workers’ confidence
In the seven months since Rhiannon started working in one of Norfolk County Council's family assessment and safeguarding teams FAST her knowledge of practice and ability to tackle more complex child safeguarding cases have soared She attributes this to a...
External news
2 years ago
‘Things have never been so bad’ for people needing care, carers and staff, warns ADASS president
Things have never been so bad for people needing care carers and staff the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned In a speech to the National Children and Adult Services NCAS Conference yesterday Sarah...
External news
2 years ago
Increasing numbers of agency social workers are NQSWs, warn children’s directors
Increasing numbers of children's agency social workers are newly qualified amid worsening staff shortages and rising demand directors have warned Children's services leaders raised concerns about the cost quality and profit extracted from agency work in responses to the Association...
External news
2 years ago
Three-quarters of social workers still to renew registration with one month to go
Three-quarters of social workers are yet to renew their registration with one month to go until the deadline As of this morning November of eligible practitioners had completed the process This involves submitting the renewal application paying...
External news
2 years ago
Social workers to get £1,925 pay rise
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll Council social workers in England and Wales will get a pay rise this year after unions agreed to employers' offer...
External news
2 years ago
Just over half of people receiving care had review of support plan in past year, shows official data
Just over half of people receiving council-arranged long-term care had a review of their support plans in - official figures have shown NHS Digital said per cent of people who had been receiving long-term support for more than a...