Social workers and teachers in Middlesbrough failed to act upon the injuries suffered by a disabled child being abused at home.

Social care services provider Care UK has completed the sale of its Shropshire-based children’s residential services business to Keys Education and Care.

Council leaders have clashed over the outcome of a legal review into Wirral’s controversial care home closures.

A NEW respite care centre is taking shape in Gorse Hill to offer people with learning disabilities and their carers opportunities to take short breaks.

As the new financial year draws close, tens of thousands of children’s services staff face redundancy. But new service structures and emerging opportunities offer some hope for those who want to remain in the sector.

After enduring two years of uncertainty, two care companies have joined together to provide in-home services in the dale.