THE CARE home whose manager swindled thousands of pounds from residents with dementia said it went through a “turbulent time” when her crimes were uncovered.

BASW – The College of Social Work has issued a huge welcome to a report into child protection social work by Professor Eileen Munro, which coincides with a survey finding that 90% of social workers believe lives ‘could be at risk’ as a consequence of current cuts to services.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today announces the start of a consultation on a new excellence award for adult social care services in England.

Social work leaders say reforms proposed by Munro to free child protection teams from central control may be threatened by cuts to services

Essex County Council’s efforts to improve the performance of its beleaguered children’s services department have been praised by Ofsted inspectors.

If he’s lucky, Frank Bailey gets a good night’s sleep twice a week. The rest of the time he is on call and spends the small hours worrying, waiting for a bell to ring, to signal at best that his sick wife, Faith, needs help out of bed; at worst that she is struggling for breath and he will have to call paramedics to take her to hospital.

Plans to increase charges for people using social care in Kent are being put forward by the county council.

Two women who claimed to be from social services are being sought by Wiltshire Police.

OFSTED has inspected services for children in Derbyshire and rated them ‘good’. The report looked at how well children in the county are kept safe and the quality of services for looked-after children and care leavers.

Front-line social workers should regain the freedom to decide what is best for children in a shake up of England’s child protection system, an official review says.