The county council have announced proposed changes to adult social care, by allowing people to choose and buy online the services they need.

New council leader Jeff Green has taken control of Wirral’s crisis-hit adult social services.

Ten projects are set to share a newly created £1m government fund to tackle binge and underage drinking.

Leicester City Council’s care homes are falling short, an independent inspection has found.

Up to 100 jobs will be created with the launch of a new carers’ organisation. Two Cambridgeshire-based companies are joining forces to create a “care and support service” for the county, called Axiom Crossroads Care.

A SOCIAL worker has been told he cannot practise for two years after he “exploited” an “extremely vulnerable” woman and had a sexual relationship with her.

The University’s Norah Fry Research Centre, in conjunction with the Mental Health Foundation and the Centre for Applied Social Research at the University of Bradford, has published a report of the first national-level research study about best interests decisions under the Mental Capacity Act.

A SOCIAL worker has been found guilty of misconduct after failing to report concerns over “inappropriate sexual activity” between two children under the age of 13.

Social workers have a duty to concentrate on children’s needs – but parents would also benefit from having their own separate social work advocate

Croydon Council has been hit with a £100,000 fine from the information commissioner after a bag containing papers relating to the care of a child sex abuse victim was stolen from a London pub.