Young parents in the English social care system are being let down by health and social care services, with the majority fearing their child will be taken away from them, a report released by the Fostering Network has revealed.

An insight into young people’s views on running away highlights the variety of issues that affect them in a report published by Dr Roger Morgan, the Children’s Rights Director for England.

Devon County Council has taken the next step to becoming a fully commissioning organisation for adults’ social services by inviting interest from other professional agencies to run services on the Council’s behalf.

Children in care are to be offered up to 2,000 places at boarding schools across the country in a controversial new scheme aimed at transforming the lives of vulnerable youngsters.

People who cannot work because of  their caring commitments will be given extra pensions credits to help them save for retirement, under government plans.

{mosimage}The Government is to help care providers stamp out abuse by workers by issuing an online step by step guide.

Speaking at the launch of the guide, Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis, underlined social care providers’ statutory obligation to report incidents of abuse to the authorities.

He said: “Abuse of vulnerable adults in any form is intolerable. We are determined to stamp it out. This guidance will help care providers uncover abusers and help us ban them from the workplace. It is the latest in a series of measures we have introduced to help keep vulnerable adults safe.”

Thousands of families may be forced to pay “top-up fees” for the care of elderly loved ones due to a multi-million-pound shortfall in government funding.