A CATHOLIC adoption agency has won a landmark legal battle against laws which forced it to place children with gay couples.

The author of a review of Jersey’s child protection system, which was developed into an action plan, has been asked to check-up on the States’ work.

A mother has won a 13-year battle against a council who wrongly accused her of abusing her baby son – when he suffered from brittle bone disease.

A disgraced care worker at a Great Yarmouth nursing home, who was convicted of forcing a 72-year-old resident suffering from Alzheimer’s disease to perform a sex act, was last night starting an eight-year jail sentence.

Children’s sector leaders have criticised the government’s attempts to improve guidance on the way councils, police and health trusts work together to safeguard children.

Rochdale Borough Council has appointed Sheila Downey as its new Director of Adult Social Care. Ms Downey, who starts her new role in June, will succeed Jim Wilson who previously held the post on an interim basis. She is experienced in all areas of health and social care with a successful track record of delivering major change and innovation.

Action on dementia care is not still not progressing at a suitable pace, according to MPs. The Commons Public Accounts Committee report has claimed there is a lack of direction, despite government vows to make it a care priority.

BASW has welcomed an invitation from two senior cabinet ministers to meet with them in the wake of the Association’s decision to ballot members on the formation of a College of Social Work across the UK.

A recent boost in adult social worker training may calm fears that care personalisation could lead to a further diminishing of roles

A relative of a baby killed by her violent father in Kent claims he warned social services twice about the man before the child was born.