An appeal has been launched to find carers for vulnerable adults who want to live in the community. Run by Kent County Council, the adult placement service is seeking carers who are willing to open their homes to disabled adults, older people or those with learning difficulties.

Adults who receive social care in Hampshire will have more say in the services they receive as part of a new pilot scheme launched for the new year.

A recruitment drive has been launched in Bristol to boost the number of social workers for vulnerable children and families.

Unions and council managers have warned of an epidemic of stress among social workers after the head of one of the country’s biggest social work departments said his staff currently take an average of five weeks off sick each year.

FORMER bouncers, police officers and servicemen and women are being encouraged to make the most of their skills by retraining as support workers.

A PILOT scheme is being launched by Sussex Police to help aid vulnerable adults and youths in custody. The Appropriate Adult Service (TASS) will provide a trained “appropriate adult” for those who need help while they are being interviewed in custody.

A GRIEVING dad is incensed over how his son’s death in a Lincolnshire care home has been handled by the authorities.