Derby City Council’s social workers are among a number of children’s professionals criticised for missing opportunities to help two girls in care that fell victim to a gang of child abusers.

Birmingham City Council’s adult social care has been judged to be performing “well’ seven years after being labelled as the worst in the country.

THEY are a lifeline to Hampshire’s most vulnerable residents and their families – but now vital care homes and day centres across the county are facing closure.

Social workers are not always receiving the amount of supervision they need and most are not getting adequate support for professional development issues or the emotional problems their work presents, according to a survey released today by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).

If recovering addicts help to shape services and are involved in support networks, services are more engaging, says an RSA report

POLICE spent yesterday hunting for two boys reported missing from a Worksop care home. The youngsters – David Simpson, aged 14, and Charlie Burgess, 13 – never arrived at their care home in Carburton, Worksop, on Tuesday afternoon after leaving Dawn House School, Duncanwood Lodge, at around midday.

The big news story is the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. Like many other couples, they and their families will spend much time planning for their wedding. If only so much planning and attention was given to all major life changes.

A group of care homes, which has a site in Redhill, has won an award at this year’s Surrey Care Awards.

Adult care services are continuing to improve despite huge pressures on staff and rising demand according to the Care Quality Commission’s report today.

WIRRAL’S social services department was rated among the worst in England in a national assessment released today.