Just one newly qualified social worker quit in a year following the launch of a scheme to help them cope with the demands of the job.

Norton Radstock College is challenging the stereotypes of men and women in engineering, construction and health and social care.

An independent study has concluded that there is a compelling case for a merger between two welfare-to-work charities, the Shaw Trust and the Careers Development Group.

A PROBE into Hannah Bonser’s contact with mental health services has been launched by NHS Doncaster, Doncaster Council and mental health charity Rethink.

Andrew Lansley has unveiled the government’s white paper on adult social care. Here are some thoughts on its contents from professionals and organisations in the sector

BASW is calling for the immediate implementation of the extra funding proposed by the Dilnot Commission and for the government to entrench reforms of social care by giving social workers a definitive role in care services.

BASW and its trade union arm the Social Workers Union (SWU) has described the closure of half of Remploy’s factories, which offer work for disabled people “an act of vandalism”.

There are vital aspects missing from the white paper, including a discussion on social care funding. The conversation won’t be easy but it does need to happen, argues Melanie Henwood.

Age UK, the leading advocacy organisation for older people, says the Government needs to match intentions on social care with proper finance and planning.

Local authorities across the country have been told to ‘radically improve’ online social care services as part of the government’s social care reforms. And Whitehall is offering them millions of pounds to do it.