Workforce

News, practice information and opinion on social work pay, conditions and working practices
Ray Jones holding a copy of his review of children's social care in Northern Ireland

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Ray Jones: a critique of the DfE’s children’s social work reforms

Continue Reading Comments { 10 }
Coventry's unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s service pictured at the 2025 Frontline Awards, where they were named team of the year

Workforce

2025 Frontline Awards winners unveiled

Continue Reading Comments { 3 }
pay key on keyboard

Workforce

Civil service pay remit sets limit for Cafcass social workers

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting (photo by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street)

Workforce

Pay rise announced for NHS social workers in England

Continue Reading Comments { 37 }
Black woman working in an office looking to the side

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Proportion of black directors of children’s services rises but lags well behind workforce level

Continue Reading Comments { 14 }
A group of mature students working together in their college library.

Workforce

Social work bursary boost for master’s students in Scotland

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }
Woman typing prompts into an AI powered chat system on her computer

Social work leaders, Workforce

AI in social work: opportunity or risk?

Continue Reading Comments { 9 }

Workforce

‘I was diagnosed late with autism – here’s how I learned to deal with burnout’

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }
Script writer holding a pen on a wooden table with lots of crumpled pages all around

Workforce

Social Work England issues guide to change how media depicts profession

Continue Reading Comments { 9 }

Workforce

Social workers divided over ending of Think Ahead fast-track scheme

Continue Reading Comments { 9 }

Workforce

Podcast: social work around the world – West Bank and Gaza

Continue Reading Comments { 4 }
Close up of girl with flower in her hair against background of other people

Children, Workforce

‘How social workers can rebuild trust with Roma families and be agents of change’

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘I represented a social worker in a fitness to practise hearing – at times it felt like a criminal court’

Continue Reading Comments { 38 }
Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

What will ending overseas recruitment mean for adult social care?

Continue Reading Comments { 17 }
Black woman standing in front of a window at work looking downcast

Social work leaders, Workforce

Minority ethnic social care staff continue to face worse outcomes than white colleagues – report

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Workforce

Social work opinion split over 2025-26 local government pay offer

Continue Reading Comments { 2 }