BASW – The College of Social Work (BASW/CoSW) is calling on employers to ensure social workers receive regular supervision in order to make sound judgments and maintain high professional standards. Publishing a 12-point draft policy on supervision the Association said it is urging employers to guarantee weekly supervision for newly qualified social workers and offer more experienced practitioners similar support at least once a month.

AN investigation is under way into allegations that staff at a care home have mistreated vulnerable patients.

STARVING pensioners are costing the economy of Staffordshire around £65 million a year. A study undertaken by Staffordshire County Council has found that thousands of pensioners are suffering from malnutrition.

Vulnerable children are being let down in “too many” cases by professionals who do not ask them for their views and fail to listen to the concerns of other adults, including grandparents, about their care, a watchdog said today.

Care Services Minister Paul Burstow will today send out a strong message to councils aimed at encouraging joint working across health and social care and making personalised care a reality.

Families of disabled children facing cuts to respite care are launching a High Court challenge against Lancashire County Council’s budget-slashing plans.

Man, 48, and woman, 29, arrested after being exposed offering to sell 11-month-old girl as slave in a newspaper sting

HAMPSHIRE county chiefs have moved closer to switching adult care services to a separate council-owned firm. Cabinet chiefs heard the new proposals on Monday (March 28) to set up a local authority trading company.

Six children were left to suffer years of abuse at the hands of their father, because services that should have been protecting them did not step in soon enough.