As new statistics published show that the number of young people out of work is at an all-time high, specialist care provider Choice Care Group has announced that it has a number of opportunities suitable for this age group in Wiltshire.

More than 3,000 fewer nurses are working in the NHS as latest figures reveal the biggest fall in numbers of health service staff in a decade.

A £3MILLION health and care contract improving the life chances of vulnerable children has been extended by North Somerset Council.

The Health and Social Care Bill has now been approved – but as the biggest reorganisation in the history of the NHS takes place it has never been more important for people to understand what social workers do, writes Blair McPherson

Social workers based at Epsom hospital in Surrey won a cake-shaped treat from the Guardian social care network.

On 31 March the Children’s Workforce Development Council will close and the DfE’s Teaching Agency will continue its work with early years.

The manager and two nurses at a £620-a-week Shropshire residential nursing home have been sacked amid claims residents were neglected.