The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has made an extra £600,000 available to fund NVQ qualifications in health and social care.

FEARS have risen that York’s care network for vulnerable adults is facing a cash crisis – just days after being praised by a health watchdog.

An extra £1.6 million has been given to the organisation representing children in care proceedings in the face of a huge backlog of cases.

A 100-year-old woman is one of dozens of elderly residents who will be forced out of their home if city leaders close it down.

As many as 80,000 people are living in care homes or receiving services rated as only “poor” or “adequate”, according to a government inspectorate.

The new health and social care super-regulator was embroiled in a fresh row last night after councils it criticised in a report on the quality of care for the elderly challenged its competence.

Driving out rogue care home operators and giving older people more control over services should be a top priority for local government, according to the care regulator.

Recommendations made by the government’s Social Work Task Force for reforming social care in the UK will create increased demand for locum and permanent placement social workers as local government seeks to implement the reforms, according to healthcare recruiter HCL.

The chair of the Social Work Taskforce has said its final report could not recommend a cap on social workers’ caseloads because of the current pressures on the workforce.

Ministers have admitted it will take “years” to transform the demoralised social work profession and regain public trust in their work as they unveiled sweeping reforms to the sector.