Social care professionals can influence the development of new quality standards by taking part in Nice’s fellowship programme

Imprisonment separates around 17,000 children from their mothers every year – The second part of our week-long investigation counts the cost: in human suffering, and in terms of damage to the next generation

The number of children taken into the care of social services in Leeds has rocketed since the Baby P scandal, the YEP can reveal.

There is mounting unease in the early years sector, following the Cabinet reshuffle, that early years and childcare policy is being pushed down the Department for Education’s to-do list.

There is hope that at least Norman Lamb, who replaces Paul Burstow as care minister, will appreciate that cuts in social care will have a significant impact on health, by David Brindle

Carers of adults with physical and learning difficulties in Guernsey have given a mixed response to new plans for the provision of respite care.

A surprise inspection is under way into Birmingham City Council’s children’s services. Ofsted inspectors will spend a total of eight days examining the work of the city’s social workers.

The first figures for the new adult social care outcomes framework have been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

As the Council of Europe’s GRETA (Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings) today releases a report on trafficked children, BASW is supporting GRETA’s call for better services and more specialist trained staff.

An investigation into the death of an elderly woman has revealed gaps in the understanding of domestic abuse in old age, experts warn.