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.

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

Wilmslow’s vital respite centre will close unless councillors win a last-chance battle to reverse the decision.

Connexions workers are set to bare the brunt of a swathe of job cuts in children and young people’s services revealed by Birmingham City Council.