An assessment of 11 years in the life of the soon to be deceased General Social Care Council has shown an overwhelmingly female profession in England, a mixed racial background and an average age of 46.

The General Social Care Council has published analysis of 265 cases of misconduct to inform the sector about issues which could be addressed through training and supervision, by David Rowland

Social care funding needs urgent reform if a £16.5bn council funding shortfall is to be avoided, a report warns.

A quarter of vulnerable disabled people in care homes are at risk of being shut up in rooms or held down in arm-locks because staff do not know the rules on restraint, a damning official report has found.

INSPECTORS have withdrawn an improvement notice over safeguarding children’s services in Worcestershire after hailing the turnaround as “rapid”.

A Care Quality Commission (CQC) programme of inspections of services for people with learning disabilities found that there was a one in two chance of people being in a service that did not meet the required standards.

BASW has increased the funding it provides for social workers facing financial difficulty, as evidence grows that more and more hard-up professionals are falling into debt.

Labour councillor labels Westminster ‘meanest council in Britain’ for cuts to adult services

Training care home staff to properly help dementia sufferers could reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs by up to 50%, research suggests.

It was promised last autumn. Then it was the spring. Publication slipped until June and now we are told there will be nothing on government proposals to reform the funding of adult social care in England until at least July.