• Social work leaders recognised in 2025 New Year Honours

    Social work leaders recognised in 2025 New Year Honours
    Social workers in leadership roles have been recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours list.
    They include a director of children’s services (DCS) who led his authority to two consecutive outstanding ratings and a head of service who has championed the voting rights of people with learning disabilities.
    There was also recognition for the former head of a university social work centre and a regional adoption agency lead.
    Knighthood for DCS
    North Yorkshire corporate director for children’
  • Should social workers be involved in assisted dying?

    Should social workers be involved in assisted dying?
    Almost half of social workers believe they should have a role in any future assisted dying process, though others fear the sector would struggle to take on such a role, a poll has found.This follows the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passing its second reading in the House of Commons in November 2024.
    Under the legislation, a terminally ill person with no more than six months to live could choose to receive assistance to die, so long as they had the mental capacity to make the decision

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