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Join the Social Work Registrant Engagement Group and have your say

Our Annual Report and Accounts for 2025-26 is now published

New podcast episode: What social care means to us – Our family’s story

Upcoming Lunchtime Seminar Dates for September and October 2026

Talking care – understanding children’s social care

Newly revised Health and Social Care Qualifications launch event

‘Road to development’ – Career development in social care

Successful Social Care Managers’ Forums held in Antrim and Armagh

Applications for a new Chair of the Northern Ireland Degree in Social Work Partnership is now open

Minister pays tribute to Northern Ireland's 42,000 social care practitioners

New Level 5 qualification brings greater flexibility across social care

Statement on the publication of the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report

Northern Ireland Social Care Council statement on the current unrest

New podcast episode: The future of homecare

New publication puts social work leadership into practice

Fourth series of the ‘Care to chat’ podcast launches with a look at trauma-informed organisations

Updates to the technical support for our websites

New Lunchtime Seminar - Preparing for the Launch of the revised Mental Health Order Code of Practice

New Lunchtime Seminar - Community Development in Social Work: widening the circle beyond health and social care

Launch of the reviewed Health and Social Care and Childcare Learning and Development National Occupational Standards

Social Work and Social Care Research Conference report now available

Care in Practice Pathways Live: Supporting Career Development Across Social Care

New non-executive members appointed to the Social Care Council board

New Lunchtime Seminar - Children's Safeguarding Social Workers' Experiences of Wellbeing Supports to Cope with Work Demands.

Lunchtime Seminar - NSPCC and Childline: offers, supports and direct services to children, young people and families

Nominations now open for the Regional Social Work Awards 2026

Your views matter: Social Care Council launches consultation on future strategic research direction

Registration open for Spring Social Care Managers' Forums

'Engaging Together. Making a difference' - Social Care Council launches Engagement Strategy

Last Destination for the 'Holding Space: Inside Social Work' Photo Exhibition.

New Lunchtime Seminars Coming Up

'Part of a global movement of social workers' - Message to you on World Social Work Day

'Community development in social work' resource launches

13th Annual Social Work and Social Care Research Conference

‘Holding space: Inside social work’: First ever travelling exhibition to recognise the value of social workers

Lunchtime Seminar - The Moral and Fiscal Costs of Social Worker Turnover in Child Protection Social Work

Review of employer supervision policies and practices for the social care workforce, February 2026 - new surveys available

Decision to cease using X

Funding now available for internal quality assurance training

Empowering social care: Apprenticeships for tomorrow's workforce

13th Annual Social Work and Social Care Research in Practice Conference

Knowledge Exchange and Evidence Newsletter now live

Empowering Social Care: Apprenticeships for the Social Care Workforce

Funding now available for vocational qualification assessor training

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