£23 billion a year is the cost of adverse childhood, says England's children's social care review report Independent Review of Children's Social Care publishes economic analysis to back up case for change News 2 Dec 2021
Have your say! New survey on social worker wellbeing BASW, SWU and Bath Spa University launch updated research study on the wellbeing of social workers News 1 Aug 2018
Rising vacancy rate among children's social workers shows toll of Covid working, says BASW Seven per cent annual leap in England also due to workers delaying retirement or job change to support famliies, says DfE News 25 Feb 2022
Inconsistencies in Child in Need plans found across local authorities Child in Need plans are not consistent across authorities and better data is needed to inform local provision, report finds... One in seven children in England will have had a Child in Need assessment or received support from a social worker by the age of 16. News 10 Aug 2022