BASW has sharply criticised the Social Work Reform Board for contributing to the Family Justice Review without fully consulting the views of all Board representatives.

The poorest ten per cent of households will be hit 15 times harder than the richest ten per cent as a result of service cuts announced in the comprehensive spending review (CSR), according to a new analysis published by the TUC.

AN ex-Birmingham social worker fears more children will die unless the cost-cutting Government invests more cash in social services.

Seven Romanian children have been taken into care after they were found working in freezing temperatures in a field in Worcestershire.

Public sector workers take three more sick days a year on average than those in the private sector – and are increasingly blaming stress for their absences, a study shows.

An overwhelming number of people are against plans to restructure social care in Bucks – and which could see Bourne End Day Centre closed – according to the results of a consultation.

An agency nurse working for the NHS was filmed switching off her patient’s life support machine by mistake.