The Committee for Employment and Learning has just launched an inquiry that will examine the level and quality of support available to young people with learning disabilities leaving full-time education.
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A serious case review has found the deaths of six Philpott children in a house fire started by their parents “could not have been predicted or prevented”. The report carried
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Leeds City Council is reviewing its alcohol and drugs strategy in line with changes to national and local strategies. The review of all commissioned drug and alcohol treatment and recovery
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Social worker Ruth Hughes has been suspended for failing to follow safeguarding procedures and maintain accurate records. A panel of the Health and Care Professions Council conduct committee also found
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High levels of mental ill health is costing London more than £26bn per year in treatment, lost productivity and costs to education services and the criminal justice system. The figure
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A new guide launched in Parliament yesterday, outlines how to improve the care for dementia sufferers. The Triangle of Care promotes the inclusion of carers – those said to know
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Care for people with autism is “varied” across England, health leaders have warned. While there is no cure for autism, a range of treatments can help improve the symptoms, yet
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A social worker accused of making lewd comments about Cumbria’s director of children’s services has had his professional ban extended for a further six months. Barry Clifford Lloyd, 54, had
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The bid to improve Norfolk’s children’s services department could be boosted by the creation of an ‘academy’ to produce social workers at the University of East Anglia. The council says
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Members of the union Unison at the social care charity Choice Support have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over changes to pay. Sixty-eight of 80 Unison
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