The charity running one of Britain’s largest care homes is complaining that welfare organisations are being pulled in “too many directions” over government quality targets at a time of slashed public spending.

The first study into sibling carers finds they struggle more than others to obtain practical and financial support

VOLUNTARY groups wishing to help out Birmingham social services by looking after elderly people have been told they must wade through a 145-page application form if they want to apply for city council grants.

A community care worker who conned a vulnerable elderly woman out of more than £3,000, and administered an injection on another victim without authority, has been sentenced.

Closer working between the NHS and social care can result in cost savings, a pilot scheme has discovered.

Responding to the revelation that local authorities are facing rising numbers of law suits from people abused as children seeking compensation for failing to protect them, BASW – The College of Social Work(BASW/CoSW) has said the cases illustrate the difficult decisions social workers have to make, with often limited support from employers.

Lancashire County Council is facing a legal challenge over plans to cut its adult and children’s social care budget.

A government minister must take responsibility for runaway children and drive a national strategy to improve support for children at risk on the streets in the UK it has been agreed.

Eight of the 10 local authorities with the highest levels of child poverty are in London, according to the End Child Poverty campaign.

Social care is facing a funding gap of more than £1bn by 2014 in England – a situation which would have consequences for the NHS, a leading think-tank says.