Homeless Link, the national umbrella organisation for frontline homelessness organisations is delighted to announce the appointment of Ann Skinner as Chair.

A move towards personal budgets for social care offers wide scope for savings and improvement. But, warns Jamie Bartlett, of think-tank Demos, it won’t happen overnight and in the meantime care standards must be maintained

GPs face tough scrutiny of their prescribing for elderly people after the Department of Health ordered a safety review of the use of drugs in care homes.

Multi-million pound plans have been lodged to build a 70-bed care home in Carlisle – bringing 50 jobs to the city.

EFFORTS by Leeds council to safeguard the city’s youngsters are still inadequate, say watchdogs. The Care Quality Commission and Ofsted, in a joint report published today, found although improvements are under way in children’s social care services, more work is needed to bring them up to scratch as the overall effectiveness of safeguarding services was substandard.

Frontline services such as social work, meals on wheels and road maintenance may have to be cut to cover the cost of controversial plans for elderly care at home, local authority leaders have warned.

A vulnerable teenage boy told a conduct hearing that he began running away from home after his Bradford social worker swore violently at him down the phone.

Youth services are being overlooked in local area inspections and not subjected to the same scrutiny as schools and social care settings, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

The political parties must commit to making youth services statutory in order to protect them from the stinging impact of local authority cuts, the leader of the Community and Youth Workers’ Union (CYWU) has urged.

A Bradford children’s social worker found guilty of a catalogue of misconduct charges that included verbally abusing a vulnerable boy has been banned from practising.