PLYMOUTH City Council has been fined £60,000 for sending a child neglect report containing “highly sensitive personal data” to the wrong person.

Essex CC has today awarded the country’s first-ever social impact bond in children’s services to protect vulnerable adolescents at risk of going to jail.

Loneliness, social isolation and its ‘harmful effects’ in older people, will be tackled by identifying the areas where it is most prevalent, health secretary, Jeremy Hunt has announced.

CHARGES could be increased for social care services as Wakefield Council works to save money.

Social workers should give more priority to the views of children when dealing with parents with mental health and substance misuse problems, according to a new inspection report.

‘Old lags’ including former gang members to act as mentors to inmates newly released from short sentences

Study describes range of sexual crimes perpetrated mainly against girls by male teenage gang members and older men

Responding to the publication of the findings of a nationwide Inquiry by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, BASW has called on society to stop tolerating the promotion of sexualised images of children for commercial profit.

A service to help people with Asperger’s Syndrome is due to be launched in Hertfordshire. The facility, which will see a new team of dedicated staff helping people with the mild form of autism, will be opened in April.

CARE homes in Wirral could go out of business if the council presses ahead with changes to their fees, owners have warned.