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US - The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the National Association of Social Wor...

While the majority of UK press attention has been on medical services and their ability to cope with the current and looming Covid-19 cri...

The NHS has called for an ‘army’ of 250,000 volunteers to help deal with the Coronavirus crisis and the 1.5m people who are at risk due t...

The Coronavirus Bill has been passed through the House of Commons and will introduce key changes to the responsibilities of Health servi...

In this article, Tristan Johnson considers the vulnerability of Children and Young People during a pandemic. With any great change to soc...

The Department of Education has announced that Social Workers and workers in wider Social Care are to be considered as 'Key Workers' in t...

Under new proposals, the Social Work regulatory body have the ability to temporarily register a person in what it describes as emergencie...

The UK government has today announced emergency powers which bring amendments to the Mental Health Act (1983). The Bill introduces tempor...

The UK government today launched its Ethical Framework for Social Care. The framework sets to establish a set of guiding values and princ...

Local Authorities are beginning the process of increasing their workforce with agency Social Workers as the need to support the sick and ...

The UK government has announced what the proposed Coronavirus Bill will do to tackle the health and social care needs of people in the UK...

Solution focused practice involves helping people to change their lives for the better by focusing on their existing strengths, ideas and...

A collection of information in relation to Covid-19 to support Social Workers. The following covers the United Kingdom, US, Canada, Austr...

Numerous research studies have concluded that children are most at risk of severe and fatal assaults in the first year of life, generally...

The government has released its official statistics for the children’s social work workforce, for the year ending 30th September 2019. In...

Following the recent article on Gabriel Fernandez, we received this article. The writer preferred to stay anonymous. If you are reading t...

Tristan Johnson examines the conversation Social Work feels uncomfortable having. As a Social Worker with nearly 20 years’ experience of w...

So, you’ve qualified in social work and made your CV. All you need to do now is go and sit the interview. But how to stand out from the c...

Few professions can boast to be as rewarding as social work. There are many routes into becoming a social worker, depending on your exper...

Social work is a profession and discipline which promotes social cohesion, empowerment, social change and development. It seeks the liber...