Hampshire County Council is to take over the running of the Isle of Wight’s children’s services for five years. Ofsted ranked the island’s child protection services “inadequate” in November, while

Vulnerable children are being put at risk by a chronic shortage of experienced social workers, according to research published today. The supply of social workers will not equal demand until

A UNION has claimed the council is struggling to keep social workers after it was revealed there was almost a 50% increase in the amount of agency staff employed in

The latest ‘Green Paper’ from ResPublica, Putting People into Personalisation: Relational approaches to social care and housing, argues that social care needs a radical shake up to ensure genuine choice

The UK’s 6.5m unpaid carers play a vital role, yet too often their contribution is ignored or misunderstood, by Sharon Allen Unpaid carers are vitally important partners in supporting people

Recruitment will start next month for 20 staff at a new £750,000 specialist care home being built on the site of an old Bradford pub. West Yorkshire-based Horizon Healthcare Homes

Local authorities are failing to provide financial and practical support to many care leavers at university and higher education colleges, research has found. Too many care leavers are not receiving

Welfare will be at the heart of political battles in the run up to the 2015 general election, says Katie Schmuecker. But whose interpretation is right? After Ed Miliband’s speech,

Authorities lack curiosity about those in their care, warn MPs, amid claims of appalling treatment by abusers and agencies Vulnerable children in the UK are still being failed by local

A DAMNING report on a care home run by Kirklees Council has been issued today. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told the council who run Claremont House, in Brighton