A WIDOW who uncovered “vindictive” comments claiming she may have abused her late husband has received an apology from Cornwall Council.

Chief executive of children’s charity Barnardo’s Martin Narey has announced he is to step down from the role next year.

Cornwall Council has appointed a new director to lead services for children, schools and families in Cornwall. Trevor Doughty, who will take up his new role on May 12, is a former social worker with a background in care, particularly relating to children.

A social worker who falsely changed records to show she had made 70 visits to at-risk children in Devon has been banned from working in her profession.

BASW has expressed astonishment at comments from the new president of the high court’s family division, Lord Justice Wall, after he described the perception of many social workers as “arrogant and enthusiastic removers of children from their parents”, and who are misunderstanding their duties under the Children Act.

The Labour Party has pledged that social work training will be overhauled and more social workers would be based in schools should they be re-elected into government following the General Election next month.

Our equality and human rights scheme promotes a culture of care, putting individuals at the heart of health and social care services. We believe human rights should be at the centre of everything we do.

A film to help those deafblind users of British Sign Language (BSL) navigate their way through the direct payments system has been launched this week.

A SENIOR social worker falsified records to show she had made 70 visits to children at the ‘highest level of risk’ when she had not seen them at all, a hearing was told.

A STUDENT social worker told how she was ‘manipulated’ into making visits to children at the ‘highest level of risk’ by her supervisor.