Seven in ten social workers say they have experienced situations where they have been unable to protect a child because of the constraints of the job they do, according to the findings of a major BASW survey of the profession.

Employers will not be compelled to ensure social workers are given regular supervision under standards being drawn up by the Social Work Reform Board (SWRB).

Previous reforms to the social care system have led to social workers spending less time with vulnerable children and families, according to the first report from Professor Eileen Munro’s review of the child protection system in England.

The Conservative councillor appointed to turn around Birmingham’s under-performing services for vulnerable children is preparing the ground for a series of highly controversial decisions designed to deliver a complete restructuring of the social care department.

A new director has taken over the running of Leeds City Council’s children’s services department.

A social services chief who helped systematically plunder the bank accounts of seven highly vulnerable victims in his care, to the tune of around £94,000 has been jailed for 21 months.

An emergency home-based respite service for carers is being launched by Wolverhampton City Council’s Carer Support Team.

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) President Marion Davis has called for more focus on early intervention rather than earlier identification to reduce the number of children being referred to children’s services due to abuse or neglect.

A couple who allowed their adopted daughters to be abused by two paedophiles were jailed today for child cruelty after a judge condemned their “deplorable and terrible betrayal of trust”.

A retired lecturer from Suffolk has been jailed for three months over indecent images of children.