Youth worker faces jail over child porn
A YOUTH worker who planned a career in social work is facing jail after he was caught keeping a massive hoard of child pornography at his home.
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Category: Care News
Number of paid employees in the voluntary sector has ‘risen by 20,000’
Analysis of the Labour Force Survey indicates that 779,000 people worked in the sector in the first three months of 2012
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Disgraced Dumfries child care worker struck off after “grooming” concerns
A DUMFRIES care home worker has been struck off after concerns he was “grooming” a vulnerable child. Scott Millar, 46, breached several regulations while employed as a care worker in a home for troubled children.
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Concern as new social work plan goes ahead
Health chiefs are to press ahead with a new ‘out of hours’ system for social workers — despite the objections of professionals.
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BASW: Without regulation, Code of Conduct for care staff risks being “paper tiger”
Following the Winterbourne View serious case review, BASW is urging the government to impose statutory regulation on the employment of care staff, so that the proposed Code of Conduct can be properly enforced.
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NHS could ‘lose’ 7,000 beds if home care for elderly improved, says charity
King’s Fund says if all PCTs worked to best standards, £462m could be saved with cut of 2.3m overnight hospital stays
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Regulators will continue to monitor Scorton care home
A CARE home treating people with dementia will continue to be monitored by regulators after an inspection still found failings.
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Over-55s increasing saving to pay for social care
Guest blogger Roger Marsden, head of retirement at Aviva, looks at the Government’s plans for social care and the steps those nearing retirement are already taking to prepare.
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Concerns over cost of Leeds City Council social care’s IT system
A senior opposition councillor has raised concerns about a ‘massive overspend’ on a new council IT system.
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Hull social services have ruined my life, says father
A FATHER battling to win access to his son says his life has been ruined by social workers. The 48-year-old is one of nine families currently in dispute with Hull City Council over how their child custody cases have been dealt with by the authority.
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