A study carried out by the autism charity, Treehouse, has revealed that there is a lack of understanding among the general public about autism.

A social worker accused of “colluding” with an abusive mother to silence allegations she beat her children was struck off today. The Merton Council employee allegedly befriended the woman she was supposed to be monitoring and rubbished her estranged partner’s claims their children were in danger.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has hit out over a lack of commitment from politicians to protecting child protection resources.

TEN care workers have lost their jobs and 11 elderly residents were given just a fortnight to find somewhere to live after the manager of their care home announced that it was closing.

BASW’s Advice and Representation Service has urged social workers to be allowed to re-register while they are suspended from duties as news emerged that the two social workers at the centre of the Baby Peter case will face conduct hearings more than 17 months after investigations were launched.

Five care homes are planned to be built in the North East in an effort to create new jobs and offer new residences for pensioners in the region. Rosewood Homes, which has just completed a 75-bed luxury care home in Gateshead, has plans to create five more residential homes over the next two years which would create over 400 new jobs.

An overwhelming 89% of Social Workers have voted to take control of their own profession by voting ‘yes’ in a referendum on establishing an independent College of Social Work.