Golden hellos of £2,000 are to be offered to newly-qualified social workers who come to Kent to address a long-standing recruitment problem.

A Leicester Council social work manager who was convicted of stealing £21,000 from his employer has been banned from practising for a year.

Skills for Care has launched a Workforce Development Strategy to help create a capable, confident and skilled adult social care workforce across England.

Local authorities planning changes to social care services will find it difficult to prove the impact on disabled people, which will leave them open to legal challenge, Public Finance has been told.

A 69-YEAR-OLD Alzheimer’s sufferer has been served with an eviction notice by her care home after becoming caught up in a funding row.

A care assistant has pleaded not guilty to two counts of ill-treating a person lacking mental capacity at a Workington care home.

The development of a stronger, more confident and better supported social work profession has moved forward after BASW – The College of Social Work (BASW/CoSW) and The College of Social Work (TCSW) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing both parties to working towards establishing a single UK-wide College of Social Work.

A CARE worker told a court he contemplated suicide after being accused of committing a sex act on a severely autistic man.

A MINISTER sparked anger yesterday when he insisted care for elderly people was enjoying a funding boost – even as scores of councils increase charges and close homes.

KENT County Council plans to increase charges for home-based care services just three months after announcing it will close two care homes in north Kent.