30 Best UK Social Work Blogs to Follow in 2026
UK Social Work Blogs
Here are 30 Best UK Social Work Blogs you should read and follow in 2026. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
1. Frontline Blog
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Description Frontline is a charity with a mission to transform the lives of vulnerable children by recruiting and developing outstanding individuals to be leaders in social work and broader society. We are working towards this through the Frontline and Firstline programmes, and by building a movement of leaders in and outside of social work as part of our Fellowship.MORE Email ****@thefrontline.org.uk
Location England, United Kingdom
Facebook 9.6KTwitter 10.7KInstagram 4.4K Domain Authority 44 Get Email Contact Read Now
2. Social Work England
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Description Every day, social workers support millions of people to improve their chances in life. Social Work England is a specialist body taking a new approach to regulating social workers in their vital roles. We believe in the power of collaboration and share a common goal with those we regulate - to protect the public, enable positive change and ultimately improve people's lives.MORE Domain Authority 42 Get Email Contact Read Now
3. Community Care
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Description Community Care is a specialist website dedicated to all areas of the social care profession. Our website is the leading online medium for those working in social care and it contains all of the articles that have been published both in Community Care magazine and online since 1995. Inspiring excellence in social care. Read the latest social work and social care news, opinion and analysis and find your perfect social work or social care jobMORE Email ****@markallengroup.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook 71.1KTwitter 55.6KInstagram 2.9K Domain Authority 58 Get Email Contact Read Now
4. BASW
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Description BASW is the only professional association for social workers in the UK, with offices in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We offer a clear voice for the profession and strive to promote the best possible social work services for all people who may need them, while also securing the well-being of social workers.MORE Facebook 32.2KTwitter 42.8K Domain Authority 54 Get Email Contact Read Now
5. What Works for Children's Social Care
https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/whats-new/ + Follow Blog
Description We seek better outcomes for children, young people, and families by bringing the best available evidence to practitioners and other decision-makers across the children's social care sector. Our research looks at the point of referral through to permanence, including adoption, care-leaver support, and targeted early help.MORE Twitter 9.7K Domain Authority 40 Get Email Contact Read Now
6. Social Care Blog
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Description Social care blog from the Department of Health shares news, views and information updates for anyone working in - or receiving support from - the care and support sector.
Location England, United Kingdom
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7. The King's Fund Blog
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Description The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. We help to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; develop individuals, teams, and organizations; promote understanding of the health and social care system; and bring people together to learn, share knowledge, and debate.MORE Facebook 13.8KTwitter 165K Domain Authority 69 Get Email Contact Read Now
8. Health & Social Care Workforce Blog
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Description Health & Social Care Workforce is the blog of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King's College London. Our writing here focuses on workforce issues in the UK health and social care sector.MORE Location London, England, United Kingdom
Twitter 22.8K Domain Authority 79 Get Email Contact Read Now
9. Social Work Action Network
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Description Social Work Action Network is a network of social work practitioners, academics, students and social welfare service users united in their concern that social work activity is being undermined by managerialism and marketisation, by the stigmatisation of service users and by welfare cuts and restrictions.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
Facebook 9.3KTwitter 9.6K Domain Authority 41 Get Email Contact Read Now
10. Scottish Care Blog
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Description We represent the largest group of Health & Social Care sector independent providers across Scotland, delivering residential care, day care, care at home and housing support.
Email ****@scottishcare.org
Location Scotland, United Kingdom
Twitter 14.6K Domain Authority 39 Get Email Contact Read Now
11. Shaping Our Lives Blog
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Description Shaping Our Lives is a non-profit making user-led organization specializing in the inclusive involvement of Disabled people and people from other marginalized communities. This is the Shaping Our Lives news and blog section. We have regular blogs about our work, and feature poets, artists, and user-led groups.MORE Facebook 498Twitter 4.7K Domain Authority 41 Get Email Contact Read Now
12. Social Work News
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Description A magazine for social workers, by social workers - dedicated to uniting social workers across the globe and giving them a voice. We're determined to continue to promote and champion the amazing work being done by social workers across the globe. We're also working hard to ensure our team is bringing you the information you want, from the people you want to hear from, and to give you a platform and community to be proud of.MORE Email ****@mysocialworknews.com
Location United Kingdom
Facebook 71.3K Domain Authority 12 Get Email Contact Read Now
13. SocialCareToday
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Description Socialcare.today is the UK's online magazine covering Social Care & Health. With daily news and features our respected journalists keep you up to date with what's happening across the sector.MORE Facebook 2.6KTwitter 1.8K Domain Authority 24 Get Email Contact Read Now
14. The Masked AMHP
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Description The Masked AMHP is a Approved Mental Health Professional social worker working in a rural England area who tries to explain his work in a variety of interesting and often humorous ways.
Location United Kingdom
Twitter 4.2K Domain Authority 28 Get Email Contact Read Now
15. Martin Webber
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Description I am a Professor of Social Work at the University of York. This blog arises from my work and my reflections on it. One of its aims is to help to bridge the gap between the academic and practical fields of social work. My main interest is in developing the evidence base for social work to help practitioners become more effective in their work and improve outcomes for the people they serve.MORE Facebook 63Twitter 6K Domain Authority 26 Get Email Contact Read Now
16. Social Work Today
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Description Social Work Today is an online platform, developed to give professionals a sector-specific space that creates the networks to provide them with social work information, webinars, jobs and CPD from across the UK and wider global community.MORE Twitter 2.8K Domain Authority 26 Get Email Contact Read Now
17. Social Work Haven
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Description Hi there! I'm Angy. The creator of Social Work Haven. I am a Social Worker, Practice Educator Mentor, and Best Interests Assessor. I created this motivational and educational blog focused on empowering social workers and providing content about social work, personal development, mental health so that we can increase awareness and have conversations about social work, personal development and mental health.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
Twitter 8 Domain Authority 3 Get Email Contact Read Now
18. The Social Issue
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Description The Social Issue is run by journalist and commissioning editor Saba Salman. It covers people, places and projects making a difference in society, and issues ranging from community to social enterprise, charity, social care, housing and families.MORE Email ****@sabasalman.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook 505Twitter 6.8K Domain Authority 28 Get Email Contact Read Now
19. SWU BLog
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Description SWU works alongside BASW to protect social work professionals speaking as social workers for social workers. Having a professional association and trade union together is important for the social work profession. We aim to be the best trade union for social workers.MORE Domain Authority 14 Get Email Contact Read Now
20. Richard Devine Blog
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Description I am a Social Worker for Bath and North East Somerset Council. In 2020 I decided to start a blog. The purpose of this is primarily to have a system in which I commit to a practice of writing in an attempt to facilitate my own learning and development.MORE Domain Authority 13 Get Email Contact Read Now
21. Social Work London
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Description We are the new look of social work. That's right, cool, professional, fun, and, above all perspicacious. Yes, we will be bringing you guys the best thoughts, ideas, and innovation around. Right to your phone or computer.MORE Domain Authority 2 Get Email Contact Read Now
22. Social Care Empowering Blog
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Description This company started as an informal platform called BME Social Worker Connector offering training, advice, and guidance to international social workers aspiring to launch their careers in the UK.MORE Domain Authority 1 Get Email Contact Read Now
23. Charles Hunter Blog
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Description Here at Charles Hunter Associates, we are a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to placing qualified social work, care, and nursing staff in contract and permanent roles across the UK. Our friendly team provides highly professional service along with the very best safeguarding standards to over 100 organizations within the public, private, and third sectors.MORE Facebook 625 Domain Authority 21 Get Email Contact Read Now
24. Pertemps Social Care Blog
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Description Pertemps Professional Recruitment is an established recruitment agency, regularly places social workers within public and private organizations throughout the UK. Our vision is to become one of the UK's leading social care recruitment agencies. We maintain an enviable reputation for our high standards with an empathetic approach towards recruitment.MORE Facebook 947Twitter 787Instagram 341 Domain Authority 14 Get Email Contact Read Now
25. Portman Recruitment Blog
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Description Portman Recruitment keeps you up to date with industry happenings and opportunities for carers and those working in the healthcare industry. An independent recruitment consultancy that specialises in the social work and care sectors. Working with qualified professionals, we continuously and successfully match candidates with their ideal work placements throughout the UK.MORE Domain Authority 13 Get Email Contact Read Now
26. The Good News
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Description The media is saturated in negative news stories about Social Work. I wanted to create a space where the GOOD that, as a profession, we do can be shared, and hopefully challenge some of this stigma. I feel that our field is driven by a a desire to help and support, but the legacy of oppression and power has made it an uphill battle to do the work that we so want to do.MORE Domain Authority 1 Get Email Contact Read Now
UK Social Work Bloggers
| Blogger Name | Designation | Blog Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Freestone | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Mithran Samuel | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Kirsty Ayakwah | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Anastasia Koutsounia | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| donald.macaskill | Contributor | scottishcare.org | |
| Stephen Martineau | Contributor | kcl.ac.uk | |
| Emily Pimm | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Heather Connell | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Deborah Sturdy | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Professor Cath Noakes | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Chelsea Batchelier | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Michelle Dyson | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Zoe Fry | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Alice Ainsworth | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Andy Mcgowan | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Jim Thomas | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Clare Shard | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Helena Maher | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Fatima Khan-shah | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Barbara Yellow | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Clenton Farquharson Cbe | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Jane Brightman | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Peter Skinner | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Samantha Ward Obe | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Mark Sutton | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Karolina Gerlich | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Helen Donovan | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Oonagh Smyth | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Linda Aduma | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Tim Parkin | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Jennifer Pearl | Contributor | blog.gov.uk | |
| Sharmeen Ziauddin | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Sharmeenziauddin | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Ruth Hardy | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Natalie Valios | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Gillian Macfarlane | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Gemma Balmford | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| Joanna Silman | Contributor | communitycare.co.uk | |
| The Care Tech Team | Contributor | scottishcare.org | |
| Rory | Contributor | socialworkfuture.org | |
| Emily Whitehouse | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Max Parmentier | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Chaminda Jayanetti | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Noah Bovenzier | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Paulette Johnson | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Ian Johnson | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Rachelle Mills | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Paul Day | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Merina Martin | Contributor | socialcare.today | |
| Madeleine Anderson | Contributor | socialcare.today |