Social work uniquely sets out to improve relationships between people, by Malcolm Payne

Ahead of this Wednesday’s white paper on adult care, an analysis of the views of more than a thousand social workers, carried out by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has revealed that care rationing and charging for previously free services is having a devastating impact on vulnerable adults.

Two care home assistants have been suspended from duty after posting pictures on Facebook, mocking elderly patients by posing with Zimmer frames and incontinence underwear.

A Nottingham City Council social worker has been struck off after putting vulnerable children and young people “at risk of harm”.

89 per cent of English adults believe that older and disabled people shouldn’t have to bear all the costs for support with everyday tasks such as eating, washing and dressing, even if they have a small amount of savings, a poll finds.

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BASW has called for radical improvement to current residential care facilities, and a right for children to be cared for near to their own communities, following reforms announced by Children’s Minister Tim Loughton, to combat the sexual exploitation of children.

The quality of care received by people in the last three months of their life has been explored in a government survey for the first time.

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Families have expressed their fears about “devastating” proposals which could see two care homes closed down and their loved ones moved.