Social workers at Mid Staffs must ask why they didn’t blow the whistle, says the leader of their professional association, by Bridget Robb

Summary of Robert Francis’s findings about key organisations involved in the scandal

As children’s minister Edward Timpson today introduces the Children and Families Bill to parliament, BASW issues a reminder to government that social workers need more help to keep families together, and that an obsessive focus on adoption is not the cure to all of society’s ills.

As a study from HM inspectorate of Probation of 24 male sex offenders, (10 of whom were minors) indicates that early signs of future sexual offending were missed in the majority of cases, BASW highlights a culture of ‘unease’ amongst professionals about the sexualised behaviour of some young children, that must be addressed by adequate provision of training and services.

A FORMER care worker who admitted sexually abusing women with mental disorders has been jailed for three years.

Spending on children’s services in Torbay could be cut by £1.4m in council budget savings of £10m next year.

The number of abuse allegations made by adults cared for in their own homes in Kingston soared in the last financial year.

Dorset County Council has moved to allay fears over the future of adult social care facilities in Bridport. The council’s Cabinet was today being asked to approve an investment of £4.7 million in the town over the next four years.

The recently unveiled social care bill could transform services in Wales, but how it is implemented will depend on the detail, by Ruth Crowder

A CONTROVERSIAL care home has been given a new lease of life by its new owners who hope to transform elderly care in Worksop and the wider area.