Unison is in talks to negotiate a joint membership deal that could see more than 40,000 of its social work professionals become the founding members of the College of Social Work.

A FORMER director of social services for Cheshire has called for lessons to be learned following the death of a patient at the hands of an out of hours doctor from Germany.

RAOUL Moat had repeatedly appealed for psychiatric help from social workers, tapes he secretly recorded show.

“Good training and development opportunities are promoted and are well regarded by social workers, enabling them to provide a good service to the most vulnerable children.

Universities that fail to deliver quality social work training to students will be subject to greater intervention in future, the General Social Care Council has warned.

A senior social worker investigated for working for two councils at the same time has been cleared of misconduct.

A social worker blamed for failings after a baby boy suffered catastrophic injuries will not face any action, we can reveal.

A pilot scheme that offers patients more choice and control over their healthcare was given a £4 million boost today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

PEOPLE have “nothing to fear” from the closure of ten residential care homes in Warwickshire, a councillor said.

Westminster City Council is looking to buy a social care software system, worth up to £20 million. The council will sign a framework deal with up to three suppliers, covering a four year period.