Whistleblowers need greater support and more impartial mechanisms to encourage more widespread reporting of abuse in residential care, according to social workers’ representatives.

Two staff have been suspended at a Leeds children’s home and an investigation has been launched into alleged misconduct.

Care Quality Commission had to cut inspections to divert resources to registering dental practices

More than half of vulnerable teenage girls have been victims of violence in at least one of their relationships, an NSPCC study has revealed.

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by £350m, a report has warned.

Leicester City Council has confirmed that one of its six directors has been suspended on full pay. The authority has not confirmed the director’s name or given a reason why.

A SOCIAL worker has told a jury there is no truth in allegations he raped and sexually assaulted a child in his care.

A charity has praised the council for protecting front-line social services in the face of a shrinking budget, but Merton’s leader has warned this could be about to change with more cuts to come.

A WOMAN who was kidnapped in Africa during a botched attack that killed her husband is a dedicated social worker at a psychiatric hospital near Royston.

Social care workers in Southampton will meet to discuss further strike action in a long-running dispute over pay cuts.