Councils across Yorkshire and Humber have launched a two-year campaign to recruit children’s social workers to jobs in the region and raise industry standards.

Rising unemployment, growing substance misuse, neglect and mental health problems are leaving already vulnerable families at breaking point as frontline support services struggle to cope with demand, Action for Children has warned.

THIRTY day centres caring for hundreds of vulnerable people are facing closure under council proposals.

A two-year inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children in England has been launched by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner.

A care home in East Sussex will no longer provide residential services for older people.

Association says that initiative from its former partner to attract prospective members is ‘patronising’

The number of complaints about care provided to the county’s elderly and vulnerable by social services has soared by 34%, according to Kent County Council.

Government officials admit that just two dedicated specialists have been assigned to new initiative on trafficking

A study reveals that children as young as 13 are being physically, emotionally and sexually abused in their relationships. We must do more to help them escape

Urgent improvements have been demanded at a care home near Bath after two critical inspections by an official watchdog.