Two Manchester day centres are to shut in a bid to save £1.7m despite a backlash from campaigners. Northfields in Moston and Eric Hobin, in Charlestown , will close from

ELDERLY residents face upheaval and more than 40 staff could lose their jobs because a Basingstoke care home has been earmarked for closure. County council chiefs are proposing to shut

Local lady, Sati Salona, has set up a new service, specialising in caring for older people and is looking to create 50 new jobs in the West Yorkshire area in

A social worker who had extreme pornography on his home computer is to face a disciplinary hearing. Stewart Ford, of Little Wakering in Essex, was last year given a year-long

Local authorities across the country are being given a share of £11.8m by the Department of Health as the way data collected on social care shifts to focus on results.

CHILDREN are exposed to unnecessary risk and harm because of “systemic weaknesses” in Devon’s child protection services, inspectors say. An OFSTED report into the performance of the services found them

Police are reviewing video footage after receiving an allegation of abuse at a care home. Footage was alleged to have been filmed at Selborne House, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, Selborne Care

A SOCIAL worker cared for a man with learning difficulties and used his wheelchair to shoplift while on his weekly shopping trip. Alma Padilla was arrested by police on May

More social workers are being recruited to help deal with serious failings in the team helping Cumbria’s most vulnerable children. The county council’s children’s services department has been ranked as