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Social workers split on giving money to struggling families to prevent children going into care, poll finds

Social workers are divided on whether councils should make payments to struggling families to prevent children from going into care, a poll has found. This follows the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ (ADCS) president suggesting this as a potential policy for the government’s forthcoming child poverty strategy. In her speech to the annual ADCS conference, Rachael Wardell said that while it was accepted that councils fund placemen…Read Article

The overlooked link between poverty and domestic abuse in child protection: findings from research

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‘Improving the protection of exploited children in the wake of the Casey audit’

By Professor Michelle McManus In June 2025, the government announced a national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) to oversee reviews of multi-agency safeguarding failures, prompted by Baroness Casey’s national audit on grooming gangs. The headlines spoke of collective failure and broken systems, along with new government promises of stronger data sharing, clearer accountability and improved multi-agency working. But for fr…Manchester, England · Manchester Read Article

Group launched to represent South Asian social workers

“Place your right hand on your heart, and the left on your stomach. Breathe in and breathe out.” It is not often that a social work panel discussion starts with breathwork. In the ancient Indian language Sanskrit, ‘breath’ is called ‘swas’, which also happens to be the name of a new group for South Asian social workers, whose launch event began with this breathing exercise. SWAS (Solidarity, Wisdom, Aspiration, Safety), a collective of social wo…United Kingdom · United Kingdom Read Article

Adopter shortage continues to grow leaving more children facing long waits to be placed, figures show

The shortage of adopters in England has continued to grow leaving more children facing long waits to be placed, official figures have shown. There was a shortfall of 750 adopter families as of March 2025, an almost threefold increase in a year, according to the latest cut of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Quarterly Data Collection. Over the same period, the number of children with a placement order (PO) waiting to be placed grew by 13%, w…England · England Read Article

Addressing poverty: can social work go back to its roots?

Since 2020, the UK has seen a steady rise in poverty among children. By 2023-24, 4.5m children (or 31%) were in relative poverty, meaning their household’s income was below 60% of the national average after housing costs, up from 3.9m in 2020-21. There is also a well-established link between family poverty and contact with children’s services. This was reflected in a recent Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) research, which f…Poverty · East Sussex Read Article

PSW networks sound alarm over Social Work England fee rise

The two principal social worker (PSW) networks have raised significant concerns over Social Work England’s decision to raise practitioner fees by a third in the face of overwhelming opposition. The intervention from the Adult Principal Social Worker Network (APSW) and Principal Children and Families Social Worker Network (PCFSW) follows strident criticism of the regulator’s move by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), Social Workers…England · England Read Article

Hike in number of children’s homes sparks fears over quality of care placements

A sharp rise in the number of registered children’s homes in England in the past year has sparked concerns about the quality of care placements. After Ofsted reported a 15% rise in the number of registered homes in the year to March 2025, the Children’s Homes Association (CHA) said this was being driven by “new and inexperienced providers” and “raised grave concerns”. The CHA, which represents providers, also sounded warning about children being…England · England Read Article

Social Work England fee hike ‘unjustifiable’ and based on ‘tokenistic consultation’, warn UNISON and BASW

Social Work England’s hike in practitioner fees is “unjustifiable” and based on a “tokenistic consultation”. Those were the warnings from UNISON and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), respectively, after the regulator confirmed that registration and other fees paid by professionals would rise by a third this year, before going up by a further 1.85% in each of the next three years. This means that the initial registration and annua…England · England Read Article

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