A website allowing people to compare local adult social care services has been launched by care and support minister Norman Lamb today. The Adult Social Care Outcomes site brings together

A London borough that “ruthlessly” improved the performance of social workers by asking one third of staff to leave is a blueprint for the rest of the country, Michael Gove

Private companies will begin profiting from the social care system for vulnerable children from today. November 12th sees regulations come into effect which allow the outsourcing of the provision of

Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, outlines plan for a shake-up of social care amid claims the profession is failing to make people take responsibility for their actions Social workers are

The government today announced the 14 ‘pioneer’ areas that have been chosen to spearhead plans to integrate health and social care by 2018. Care services minister Norman Lamb said the

TRIBUTES from family and friends have flooded in for a dedicated social worker and father-of-three who died who died as a result of the abuse of alcohol during a night

One in three authorities has lost its director of children’s services in the past year. Paul Gallagher considers the impact of this rapid turnover Vulnerable children are being put at

A £2m fund for organisations that work with vulnerable young people has opened for applications. The Vulnerable and Disengaged Young People Fund will be administered by the Social Investment Business

Birmingham’s children’s services budget is to be protected in a bid to turn around the ailing department’s fortunes. The £147 million pot will remain ring-fenced at a time when all

Red-faced Royal Borough bosses are making their entire 1,500-strong workforce sit through data protection training after sensitive information sent from another council was lost. They have also apologised to Southampton