Social work is more than a career. For most people, it’s a calling. It can be a meaningful career path for those who want to ...

Toddlers begin making sense of occupations while visiting a pediatrician’s office or waving to garbage truck crews. Encourage ...

Happiness isn't just a product of what we do or who we are as individuals; social situations, structural forces, and public ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. — A social worker employed at a West Michigan middle school is behind bars after investigators say he had inappropriate contact with multiple children. Dequindre Wiggins ...

In addition to repeated sexual assaults, others say they suffered physical and verbal abuse by social workers at the Polinsky Children ... to requests for an explanation of the lawsuits or ...

Another is high employee turnover and burnout. Stephanie says she became a social worker because she wanted to help kids in need. But on a day-to-day basis, she's struggling to meet the demand ...

A fifth of social workers said they have removed children from their families because they live in cold, damp or mouldy homes, according to a new poll. The Social Workers Union quizzed more than 2,000 ...

"No one understands the trauma this is causing to the kids or the families," Pregliasco said. Traci Coleman, 37, who worked as a social worker in Fayette County for 10 years before she abruptly ...

Multiple assessments are often needed and delays are common, with new research from Sense showing the average family waits more than 200 days to even be seen by children’s social services. Being seen ...

A former Greater Cincinnati social worker accused of sexually assaulting children has pleaded guilty to multiple charges.Michael Lesko is accused of sexually assaulting more than five children in ...

One possible explanation for the discrepancy is a change to the Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance in 2023 that permitted councils to allocate child in need assessments to ...

In November 2024, the Australian government passed a world-first law, banning children under the age of 16 from using social-media platforms ... they encounter. Such work should track children ...