Kev Robinson is a child sexual exploitation development worker with Barnardo’s. He talks to Chris Bond about his work and the challenges ahead.

A couple committed suicide together in a blazing car because they couldn’t face telling residents and staff one of their failing care homes was closing, an inquest heard.

A care home worker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly resident. Police launched a murder inquiry after Ivan Emmanuel Campbell was admitted to hospital in April last year and died the following day.

Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, has pledged to look again at giving VAT rebates to charitable providers of NHS services, but said he would not take immediate action.

THE running of child protection services in Doncaster could be privatised as ‘troubleshooters’ launch a new investigation into the repeated failures to address its shortcomings.

Telehealth and telecare services have been shown to reduce death rates by as much as 45 per cent, according to a review of the Department of Health’s 3 Million Lives initiative.

Kent County Council is set to pay consultants more than £5million – for advice on how to cut the costs of looking after some of the most vulnerable adults in the county, it has emerged.

MORE than 380 social care workers fear losing their jobs under plans to slash care services in Sefton.

Cornish school children are going to get more help to stop them falling victim to sex attacks. Police, social services and probation workers are launching a new strategy to crack down on exploitation of youngsters.

Mental health and child development issues should form a mandatory part of social work training, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.