Rules excluding virtually anyone with property from free personal care actively encourage people to hide their assets, the head of a Government commission on the crisis has warned.

The number of children referred into care in England has hit a record high. Last month, local authorities made 903 court applications to take children into care – the highest since courts service Cafcass was set up in 2001.

Budgets are shrinking and demand rising for social services to intervene before families reach crisis point

Three staff from a private hospital near Bristol have pleaded guilty to the ill treatment of residents. The case follows secret filming by the BBC’s Panorama TV programme at the Castlebeck-owned Winterbourne View hospital near Hambrook.

More than 11 million Britons risk poverty in old age as they are unaware they may have to pay for their own social care, a survey claims today.

Strong partnerships between social workers and other agencies are integral throughout any child protection case, two experts have warned following a BBC documentary about a social work team in Bristol.

GOOD and effective support for social workers is helping them to protect children better, according to a team of Government inspectors.

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has today announced that Professor Eileen Munro CBE is to work with the recently launched organisation in the role of Transitional Chair for the College’s Children’s Faculty.

Adult social care employers are celebrating the achievements of a record number of apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week which kicks off this week.

Elderly care Council leaders in the East Midlands warn of the ‘unsustainable’ costs of residential care for the elderly