Immigration lawyers have called for the immediate end to detention of child asylum-seekers, rather than wait for alternative approaches to be established.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is expected to produce 150 quality standards over the next five years to help trusts measure progress on clinical outcomes, according to the health white paper.

Representatives at councils involved in England’s most high-profile child protection cases are urging civil servants to proceed with utmost caution in carrying out government plans to publish serious case reviews (SCRs) in full.

PLANS to turn a house into a home for troubled adolescents have met with fierce opposition from residents. Castle Point Council has received 30 letters objecting to an application to convert 459 Rayleigh Road, Thundersley, into a home for six or seven children.

BASW has defended independent social workers against a “major assault” by the president of the Association of Directors of Social Services, who last week called for their role in court proceedings to end.

A SECOND boss at a crisis-hit equalities department is suing Birmingham City Council for alleged discrimination.

Half of social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOI) are lying empty, putting young people at increased risk, a charity has suggested.