A £50,000 fund has been unveiled for Surrey communities to make life better for thousands of people with dementia. Surrey County Council unveiled the fund today with the launch of

BASW has urged the newly appointed Chief Social Worker for Adults in England, Lyn Romeo, to work closely with her soon to be revealed counterpart for children if she is

Children are being “failed on a grand scale” by ministers, leading doctors have claimed, as they called for an inquiry into the state of child welfare in Britain. Cuts to

HEALTH and social care workers are getting up-to-date fire safety training following the death of a pensioner whose house burned down. John Strains shunned all efforts to persuade him to

Social workers warn changes being brought in to speed up adoption and the family courts might be bad for the welfare of some children. Some have criticised a new time-limit

AN INVESTIGATION into how Oxfordshire’s authorities failed to spot a child sex abuse ring could spark resignations, the county council leader warned last night. Ian Hudspeth spoke out as a

West Sussex County Council’s child protection social work practices were praised for ‘significant improvement’ by a Government minister. In a letter to county council leader, Louise Goldsmith, Edward Timpson, minister

Graduates on a new fast-track scheme for trainee social workers will help manage caseloads after just five weeks of intensive initial training. The “Frontline” scheme aims to attract top graduates

The newly appointed Chief Social Worker for Children and a fast-track training model for “high-flying” graduates each have the potential to improve social work in England but must not go