The Social Work Reform Board has today published the first single, national set of professional standards for social workers, in a bid to raise the status of the job in line with other public sector roles such as nursing and teaching.

BASW has expressed its regret that a raft of positive proposals for raising social worker supervision standards have been seriously weakened by a lack of any obligation on employers to adhere to them.

Government spending plans will test the NHS and social services in England to the limit, according to a report by the Commons Health Select Committee.

WIRRAL Council has approved plans to save £5million by reducing the amount it pays in care home fees.

PePLE is a resource for the training and continuing professional development of social workers that can be used with flexibility to fit in with the operational demands of workplaces. The resources can be used to support independent study or existing employer led provision.

A CARE home worker has appeared before magistrates accused of mistreating nine mentally-ill residents.

THE manageress of a Hampshire care home wept as she was spared an immediate prison sentence for stealing about £5,000 from patients.

Legendary 1960’s charity Release is Britain’s only specialist provider of legal advice to drug users. But can it survive in the age of spending cuts and “big society”?

Around one in five young carers finds the Christmas period harder than the rest of the year because of a reduction in support services, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers has found.

UNIONS are making a last-ditch attempt to force a delay on a decision to privatise part of the social care network for elderly people in York.