Social work opinion is divided over the closure of the Think Ahead fast-track training scheme, a poll has found. Launched in 2016, Think Ahead trains people to qualify as adult mental health social...

Our My Brilliant Colleague series invites you to celebrate anyone who has inspired you in your career. It is part of Community Care’s ongoing Choose Social Work campaign, which aims to champion the...

By Jane Poore, CoramBAAF The new Adoption Support Plan (ASP), developed by CoramBAAF and launched in March, is a key document for both the child and their adopters, containing comprehensive informa...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in social work appears to have increased among social workers over the past year, a poll has found. This follows a rising number of councils piloting or...

Visiting people in need of support and face-to-face contact are considered integral parts of social work.  However, completing visits is a task practitioners often must carry out alone, which, in...

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Baroness (Anne) Longfield has been appointed to lead the Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs. Longfield will lead a three-person panel at the helm of...

Four in ten social workers have known of other practitioners illegitimately carrying out multiple jobs at once, a Community Care poll has found. The results follow the case of Beatrice Eduah, an...

By Catherine Evans O’Brien, head of communities, ICO Access to personal information is a fundamental right. For the tens of thousands of people with care experience, the records held about them are...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping social work in multiple ways, bringing with it opportunities and innovation alongside risks and profound ethical dilemmas. To explore these issues, Community...

by Ruth E Hare Ruth E Hare is a senior practitioner in Birmingham City Council’s quality and practice learning and hoarding teams and was named adult social worker of the year at the 2023 Social...

The British Association of Social Workers has launched a consultation on the future of social work and BASW itself. It said its ‘Big Conversation’ was designed to help build a “modern, dynamic and...

A social worker with over 20 years' experience' reflects on the lessons she has learned about building trust with the children she supported

Senior leaders from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council's children's services describe the turbulent ride after a negative Ofsted inspection and how they have turned it all around

A children's practitioner is celebrated for building a "supportive community" for social workers from overseas starting out in practice in the UK

A practitioner shares the shifting settings and demands of social work practice - from courtrooms to living rooms - and why she would not swap it for any other career

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is lobbying the Home Office over the impact of upcoming migration reforms on practitioners working in the UK on skilled worker visas. Under the plans,...

This is the 12th instalment in Sophie Baker’s ‘What I wish I had known…’ series, where she reflects on her approach to practice when she started out – and what she would tell her younger self now. I...

Adult safeguarding caseloads are continuing to mount in England, government data has shown. The numbers of safeguarding concerns received by councils increased by 4% year on year in 2024-25, from...

Most social workers are not aware of the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES), a poll has revealed. Launched in 2021, the SC-WRES involves an assessment of racial inequalities in...