Every newly qualified social worker could benefit from £2,000 to boost their learning and development, under plans announced by the children’s minister Tim Loughton and care services minister Paul Burstow.

In exclusive interview, Cabinet member for care services defends reforms and attacks protesters for turning debate into “political theatre”

The Care Quality Commission non-executive director who gave highly critical evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry will stay on the regulator’s board, despite attempts by its chair to remove her.

Around 77,650 people are on welfare because they can’t work due to being addicted to alcohol or drugs, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – but there could be more.

PLANS for a multi-million pound care home are a step closer after clearing their first hurdle.

The courts have decided that adoption is the best option for thousands of children, but most of them have nowhere to go, by Martin Narey

Some of England’s most vulnerable children may lose out under planned changes to the child protection system, a new campaign group has argued.

A narrow focus on female victims of domestic abuse risks sidelining the nearly 3 million children who wil have been exposed to violence and cruelty in the home.

A death tax, more integration and getting rid of the term ‘social care’ were options explored by a panel in this live discussion

The Government has called on employers to take action to improve the mental health of people in their organisations. The call comes as organisational change and re-structuring across the public sector has caused a 50 per cent increase in stress-related absence.