A leading charity that campaigns against the abuse of vulnerable adults has revealed that 200 practitioners have joined a new support network that was only established four weeks ago.

US experiences over the past 20 years can help inform the debate about how to meet the long-term needs of older people, by Scott Phillips

A SOCIAL worker who gives invaluable help to children and their families has won a top award. Carlene Devereux, a children and families social worker in the South Dinnington Locality Team, has been named Rotherham Council’s Young Person of the Year.

Five people with learning difficulties have mounted a legal challenge in the High Court against West Berkshire Council over its social care cuts.

The Old Station Nursery group is to feature on ITV’s Tonight programme next week highlighting the issues surrounding the rising cost of childcare.

Nurseries and children’s centres should be able to take on ‘academy status’ and be freed from local authority control, according to a Conservative MP.

A scheme to shield teenagers from sexual grooming could be rolled out across Greater Manchester.

A mother and stepfather forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker, a court heard today.

BASW member Janet Foulds has written a Guardian blog Child grooming – what social workers should know.

A WATERSHED in the care of the elderly in a Yorkshire city has been agreed as senior politicians warned that the biggest shake-up in the sector in half a century is vital to cope with soaring demand.