Social services are again in the political spotlight as more details emerge about the terrifying attack on two children in Doncaster.

Interviews will be held in the United States to boost the number of social workers employed in Coventry. Retaining permanent social workers in the UK was a major problem, Coventry City Council said.

A FORMER senior social worker from South Yorkshire has been struck off the professional register for misconduct.

An experienced social worker from Birmingham has been accused of misconduct for failing to declare she had been convicted of theft.

Councils should employ a director of family services to sit above the directors of children’s and adult’s services according to a green paper from former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank.