Social care is rarely in the headlines for good reasons and this week was no exception.

Sheer number of images and limited resources makes identifying new abuse victims difficult, according to new study

A survey by the Department of Health reveals that over 70 per cent of people believe that the government has not got the right policies for social care.

• 18% of children live in households earning £251 or less a week
• Number rises to 3.6 million when housing costs included
• Campaigners warn of future rises as government cuts kick in
• Separate figures show leap in homelessness

DWP’s own assessment of mandatory work activity programme finds it has ‘no impact on the likelihood of being employed’

NEARLY five years after the death of Baby P, people are queuing up to become social workers in Hertfordshire.

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) has marked its imminent demise by publishing a poll in which more than half of all social work respondents named ‘protection of title’ as the policy which has had the greatest influence on the profession over the last decade.

Funding dropped by more than 6% despite government assurances, survey finds

THE couple who were found dead in their car on Saturday at Floods Ferry, March, are understood to be care home owners Jaswant and Isabel Beeharry, who lived at Friday Bridge.

Child Hood at the Royal Academy is the result of art therapy Kids Company has done with severely traumatised young people