Most of us will need care and support in our old age. In fact, the evidence suggests about three quarters of us will.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the brutal murder of a mum of three by her boyfriend after a social worker “let slip” she had secretly aborted his unborn child.

Social workers who wear their hearts on their sleeves risk burnout, but those who fail to engage emotionally with their clients risk alienating them. That is the conclusion of research to be presented today describing the development of a pioneering tool kit for trainee social workers designed to help them manage their emotions more effectively.

A RECRUITMENT drive for personal assistants to work in adult social care will be the focus of a special event in Melton next week.

Health select committee chairman Stephen Dorrell has been cleared over allegations he should have declared financial links with care home owners.

UNIVERSITY students could be used to monitor social workers to help review their work. Notts County Council is talking to the University of Nottingham about getting postgraduate social work students to shadow its employees, recording the nature and volume of their work.

Integrating adapted housing with social care can cut health costs and improve the lives of the vulnerable, a report claims.

Major reforms of social care funding are needed to tackle issues facing the elderly including hospital discharges, the provision of housing for the disabled and waiting times for major adaptations to homes, a survey by a Bradford MP has found.

Acute needs of marginalised Gypsies and Irish Traveller groups could be better addressed by improved use of more information, by Joe Cottrell-Boyce

Following reports that 8,425 from an estimated 88,000 social workers have not registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in England, BASW professional officer Joe Godden is calling for action to prevent an erosion of social work identity.