The body which represents adult social services directors has announced major changes to better align with the Coalition Government’s policy agenda.

More than two years after Khyra Ishaq’s protracted and horrific starvation, Birmingham City Council is still failing to provide adequate protection to vulnerable children, according to safeguarding watchdogs.

Funding withdrawn after Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People refused to carry out Criminal Records Bureau checks on its chief executive

The Director of Children’s Social Care at Birmingham City Council says he will ask for more money for the department if it is needed.

UNION chiefs have reacted angrily to what they see as the privatisation of adult social care in Bolton.

Care workers based in homes across Essex have received compensation after a tribunal ruled they were unfairly dismissed from their jobs.

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is to be scrapped, with responsibility for regulating social workers transferred to the Health Professions Council (HPC).

Nottingham City Council’s new residential care home for people with dementia, is being officially opened next week (Friday, July 30) by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Brian Grocock.

CALLS have been made for a public inquiry into the handling of abuse claims at a Colchester care home.

Social services in Rochdale could face cuts of up to £25m, it has been revealed. As part of an attempt to save £50m, Rochdale Council is cutting up to 25 per cent of individual departmental budgets across the local authority.