A pocket guide providing essential information about alcohol and other drugs to front-line Social Workers is being launched this week by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) in response to the area being over-looked on the Social Work education and practice agenda.

Former director of children’s services at Haringey Council Sharon Shoesmith has been given leave to appeal against a High Court ruling that upheld the decision to sack her in the wake of the Baby Peter case.

More than 100 mental health service users came together at Queen’s Square, Liverpool, to produce and launch a Charter outlining their views on the service to the city council.

Young people in care have helped develop a training programme that aims to give social work trainees a better appreciation of how their actions impact children.

WIRRAL Council has tonight pledged to take robust action to tackle the issues raised in a scathing report about its ‘woeful’ provision of adult social care.

Richmond has the most social worker vacancies in London, figures have revealed. The statistics showed 35.5 per cent of social work posts were unfilled – meaning Richmond has a vacancy rate more than three times the national average and the second highest in the UK.

Barnet Council faces paying out £6 million after an arbitrator ruled it owed the cash to contractors hired to improve care homes.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assisting the suicide of a disabled man from South Tyneside.

STAFF at a Peterborough-based charity are mourning the sudden death of “inspirational” national director Rupert Haydock.

STANDARDS of care for adults in Cheshire East are among the highest in the country, government inspectors claim – despite an ongoing police investigation into a Crewe home.