CareTech Holdings, a social care services firm, said a management buyout offer fell through as they could not put forth a ‘compelling price’ due to funding terms.

A dispute between the CSW and the British Association of Social Workers continues – but at least they are still willing to talk. Terry Philpot unpicks the controversy

A children’s services boss who was sacked following a toddler’s death has lost her claim for unfair and wrongful dismissal.

Health and social care agencies in Essex are joining forces to prevent older people having to go into hospital

The first national strategy to deal with missing children and adults in England and Wales was launched by the Home Office yesterday.

A judge has criticised social services at a district council for a “grave failure” which resulted in a newborn baby suffering multiple injuries at the hands of her inadequate parents, a court heard.

A council and NHS trust have been criticised after they were found to have wrongly kept a woman from seeing her dying mother.

Three-quarters of families with disabled children suffer from mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety and breakdown, according to new research.

BASW has expressed its surprise that just one of 167 social workers banned from practising by social care regulators across the UK has reapplied to join the social care register, restating its belief that “rehabilitation is a vital tool in the social work armoury”.