Complaints about social workers are rising sharply, the head of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) advice and representation service has warned.

CQC is working closely with the adult social care sector in developing a new system to replace quality ratings (star ratings) for registered social care services.

EXTRA frontline posts have been created to help protect vulnerable children in Lincolnshire. In the wake of the serious case review into the death of Baby P, authorities across the country have had to look at how they can better safeguard children.

A new council run training scheme is helping to improve the standards of care for people with dementia living in Wandsworth.

When Rob Ford started fostering with his partner six years ago, he had visions of little orphan Annie turning up on his doorstep. “We thought a bit of love and care would sort these children out and they’d be terribly grateful and would love us forever,” he laughs.

Former carer and dementia campaigner Barbara Pointon, who featured alongside her husband in the documentary Malcolm and Barbara: Love’s Farewell, has called for better diagnoses of dementia.

Concerns have emerged over how care councils handle the re-registration of social workers subject to conduct investigations.

News that the Youth Justice Board (YJB) will become the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has provoked concern within the sector.

The coalition government has announced it is to scrap the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) as part of its bid to cut back local authority inspections.

A mother suspected of murdering her two children in Spain, had worked for Cumbria County Council’s child services department, the authority has revealed.