PSW magazine

In a new series highlighting the everyday reality of social work, Sam Waterhouse recalls his time working in a children’s home

Suzanne Jones is a team manager in a discharge to assess (D2A) team covering four acute hospitals. Despite the pressures, she’s passionate about the job, she tells Shahid Naqvi

Principal social worker Lizzie Furber gives advice based on extensive experience

A day in the life of an anonymous adults social care manager during the cost of living crisis

Mma Ken-Akparanta wonders if outcomes would have been different for Harry if he’d had an allocated social worker from a children and families’ team…

As social workers we think we practise in a non-ageist way, but there is evidence to suggest otherwise...

As debate rages over a government consultation on new standards for semi-independent living for 16-17-year-olds, there is a danger the voices of the young people affected will be lost…

Leaders of adult social services have criticised the government for appearing to blame social care for the winter hospital crisis.

Disabled people who depend on electricity for life-saving equipment have been told by an energy company to make their own arrangements in the event of winter power cuts.

Use of force against children in young offender institutions and secure training centres is up by nearly a third on a year ago, new government statistics reveal.