Local authorities across the country are being given a share of £11.8m by the Department of Health as the way data collected on social care shifts to focus on results.

CHILDREN are exposed to unnecessary risk and harm because of “systemic weaknesses” in Devon’s child protection services, inspectors say. An OFSTED report into the performance of the services found them

Police are reviewing video footage after receiving an allegation of abuse at a care home. Footage was alleged to have been filmed at Selborne House, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, Selborne Care

A SOCIAL worker cared for a man with learning difficulties and used his wheelchair to shoplift while on his weekly shopping trip. Alma Padilla was arrested by police on May

More social workers are being recruited to help deal with serious failings in the team helping Cumbria’s most vulnerable children. The county council’s children’s services department has been ranked as

IT’S a modern housing development that will provide round-the-clock care for pensioners and adults with disabilities. Now community leaders have come together to celebrate the opening of a showhome at

The number of people aged 65 and over living in rural areas with social care needs is projected to increase by 70 per cent over the next 16 years. The

Presenting an honest picture of what we do is essential for countering media negativity and restoring public confidence Whenever social media is discussed in the context of social work, it

Children who get severely sunburnt should be referred to social services, according to campaigners. They insist parents are guilty of “neglect” if they allow kids to get so badly burned

The Citizens Council, which advises the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, has published its final report on factors that it believes should be considered when NICE develops social