MORE than 100 new jobs have been created for care workers in Dorset. South West care company Sunshine Care is meeting extra demand in the county by recruiting 100 new workers over the next two months.

ESSEX children’s services department has been released from two years of constant supervision by the Government after making improvements.

The words ‘European directive’ are usually enough to make all but the most dedicated policy observer yawn and fall asleep. While most of us were busy preparing for Christmas, though, the European Commission published something different which should make us sit up and take notice. The public procurement reform proposals have the potential to create a defining moment in the sector’s role in public service delivery.

VULNERABLE adults claimed they were subjected to violence, sexual abuse and the theft of their benefits by some of the organisations Wirral Council paid to care for them a shocking report has revealed.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is hearing from increasing numbers of social workers facing financial difficulty, with some turning to payday loans with extortionately high interest rates to cope.

Survey of 30,000 children aged eight to 16 pinpoints family relationships and ‘materialistic traps’ behind low well-being

CLS care services has embarked on developing the skills of young people in the care sector through the launch of three pilot apprenticeships in Health and Social Care with West Cheshire College. As we approach an ageing population and subsequent strains on care facilities, the need for the best possible delivery of care services has become more important than ever.

Some nurses working in the NHS don’t even want to be in the job, or they don’t have the ability to do the job properly or they lack the compassion needed to understand what it means to work with vulnerable people who look to them for care and support, according to a report by the NHS Future Forum.

Leicestershire County Council has announced plans to axe a further 500 jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures.

The government must not be put off by the costs of Andrew Dilnot’s recommendations on social care; if it does not act now the future price will be greater still