Social work courses could be taught at Thames Valley University from next year if plans go ahead. It is hoped that from September 2011 undergraduate and postgraduate social work programmes will be taught following The University of Reading’s decision to discontinue its work in the area.

Three senior managers of a troubled children’s services department have left. But Salford council insists their departure has not been forced.

A couple told today of their “nightmare” battle to prevent social workers taking their three-year-old son into care after a council claimed that his health had been damaged by a meat-and-dairy-free diet.

An independent watchdog has recommended government intervention in a failing council after concluding it was not capable of making improvements.

A “REVOLVING door” mental health system in North Lincolnshire is damaging the long-term health of patients with serious disorders according to a leading charity.

Leaders in adult social care have discussed ways of transforming vital services in the face of massive financial challenges.

Detectives were called into St Michael’s View Care Home, in South Shields, South Tyneside, after the death of greatgrandmother Joyce Wordingham, 81, in February.