The overall number of looked-after children living in permanent placements is rising, despite figures showing a drop in the number of adoptions, according to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS).

The man in charge of overhauling Kent County Council’s failing children’s services has said social workers were under “intolerable pressure”.

Good ideas never completely disappear. After early prophecies of doom, the idea of integrated working in the children and youth workforce seems to be enjoying something of a renaissance at present. By Sir Paul Ennals

The cost of Alzheimer’s and dementia has risen to £34 billion a year with families and carers picking up the majority of the expense, according to a new study.
 

Annual budgets allocated to help the over-65s have fallen by £1.3bn since 2010, a cut of nearly a fifth

CHARGES against three people who run a nursing home that cares for the elderly have been dropped following a year-long investigation.

The Roman Catholic Church has ordered a widespread review into its safeguarding children procedures in the South West.

A group of former residents of the Haut de la Garenne children’s home are suing the Jersey government at the High Court in London.