A Pangbourne charity has won a prestigious award for its work in tackling social problems in Reading.

A letter leaked to CYP Now has revealed the Department for Education (DfE) is ordering charities delivering government-funded programmes to stop publicising their work with immediate effect in an apparent bid to save on spending.

Eleven suspected illegal immigrants have been detained following a raid at a Hampshire private nursing home.

Hundreds of jobs are at risk due to plans to abolish the General Social Care Council (GSCC) Unite the union warned on Thursday.

A consultation to help improve care services and healthcare outcomes for adults with autism in England was launched today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

A Lambeth social worker who assaulted a young person has kept his job. Michael Sadowski, employee of Lambeth special disability services, admitted the assault, which was unrelated to his job and took place on June 1, 2009, and received a police caution.

COUNCIL chiefs have sacked the care agency which failed a Coventry pensioner who was killed by bed sores.

Lincolnshire County Council is considering the creation of a private company to take over responsibility for home care services.

A couple who murdered a toddler they were paid to look after were today jailed for life.

The social work regulator in Northern Ireland is to hold talks with political leaders following the surprise announcement earlier this week that the General Social Care Council (GSCC) in England is to be abolished.