Social work students will be able to judge the quality of degree courses before applying after a decision by the General Social Care Council to crack down on universities by publishing inspection reports.

A new service for supporting terminally ill patients and their cares has been launched in Oxfordshire.

If self-directed support can simplify social care, could it be used as a new organising principle for the whole welfare state?

Tony Howell, Birmingham’s Strategic Director for Children, Young People and Families, has announced that he will retire in the New Year.

Baroness Sally Greengross today called on the government to act with urgency to mend the crumbling social care system after being elected Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia.

Ensuring social care workers do not become victims of a blame culture when there are failures must become a top priority, ministers have been warned.

A PROPOSAL to spend almost £1.5 million as part of transforming adult social care in Liverpool is to be considered by the city council’s Cabinet on Friday (July 9).

The number of new reports of children being cared for in private fostering arrangements has risen by nine per cent in the past year, the latest figures reveal.

Problems in children’s social care cannot be blamed on a lack of funding, according to Lord Laming, author of two government reviews into child protection.

A SOCIAL worker from Sheffield has been banned from her profession after swindling more than £20,000 in housing benefit, council tax relief, and income support.