PEOPLE with learning disabilities have been told their much loved respite unit will close in March.

Government’s ‘payment-by-results’ drug treatment pilots questioned Government’s ‘payment-by-results’ drug treatment pilots questioned

London faces a “tsunami” of homelessness because of government cuts, The Big Issue’s founder has warned.

140,000 children across the UK are being raised by grandparents and other family and friend carers due to parental alcohol or substance misuse, according to a new survey released today by Grandparents Plus.

Disciplinary action has been taken against four social care workers after a baby boy was found dead in front of a gas fire – following a string of missed opportunities to save him from neglect.

Inquiry criticises care workers for failing to protect 13-month-old Alex Sutherland from his mother’s drinking and neglect

A Taunton mental health unit where three people killed themselves last year has been criticised by a watchdog.

By introducing gang injunctions, the British government is adopting a policy that has failed to reduce violence in the US

Child protection should be less about red tape, targets and form-filling and more about looking after the child, an official report says.

BASW – The College of Social Work has welcomed the interim findings of Professor Eileen Munro but urged her to go further in the extent to which her report addresses failings in the child protection system.