CARE costs could be reduced by 20% as a council begins a review of its learning disabilities system.

Improving a children’s services department in the West Midlands could take another year, a council said.

MITIE has moved into the expanding outsourced health and social care sector with the £111m acquisition of home care provider Enara.

Campbell Robb, the charity’s chief executive, warns that local people will lose the advice they need on housing and homelessness

As the IPPR today publishes a new report proposing to apply the Teach First model to children’s social work, BASW cautioned of the need to support and retain existing staff and current graduates, many of whom are struggling to secure their first posts.

A preference for policies that show results within one election term prevents investment in preventative care

Devon County Council is facing a second judicial review this year into how much it pays private care home providers.

A mother is challenging a decision to give Richard Branson’s Virgin Care a contract to run children’s services in Devon.

Ahead of a forthcoming bill, eight charities have come together to explore how best to achieve stability and a positive sense of identity for children in care

The pay and working conditions of our predominantly female care workforce is already a national scandal. Cuts to council budgets can only make matters worse. By Heather Wakefield.