A TEENAGE girl with mental health difficulties so severe she was sectioned at just 13 years old suffered an injustice at the hands of the Isle of Wight Council, a watchdog has found.

AN EXPANDING care service company has launched a recruitment drive after creating 20 new jobs. Carewatch, which offers home help for the elderly and disabled, is looking to offer positions to people currently out of work.

Social workers in the UK are experiencing the benefits of mobile learning through the introduction of a new iPad app, aimed at helping them deliver effective care and support services.

A FORMER social care director with more than 39 years’ experience has joined the board of directors at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT).

Elaine Kerr, chief executive of the social care charity, said the fine was disproportionate, but the charity has paid it

Up to 100 jobs could be cut at East Sussex County Council under plans to save £60m over three years.

Devon’s three biggest councils have overspent by about £9m on services for vulnerable children and adults.

Care for people with schizophrenia and psychosis is falling “catastrophically short”, a report has found.

Private companies which get public money to run care homes will be made “corporately accountable” for poor standards, the Care Services minister has pledged.

ONE in 10 social services workers in Wirral is in dispute with the council, according to new figures.