A SOCIAL worker has been told he cannot practise for two years after he “exploited” an “extremely vulnerable” woman and had a sexual relationship with her.

The number of elderly care homes achieving good standards of nutrition remains a subject of much scrutiny for the sector, with a Saga report looking into the expenditure of Sefton Council’s care homes finding that an average of £3.93 per day only is being spent on food.

The committee’s approach raises as many questions as it answers, often presenting a muddled and superficial treatment

The University’s Norah Fry Research Centre, in conjunction with the Mental Health Foundation and the Centre for Applied Social Research at the University of Bradford, has published a report of the first national-level research study about best interests decisions under the Mental Capacity Act.

A SOCIAL worker has been found guilty of misconduct after failing to report concerns over “inappropriate sexual activity” between two children under the age of 13.

Social workers have a duty to concentrate on children’s needs – but parents would also benefit from having their own separate social work advocate

Croydon Council has been hit with a £100,000 fine from the information commissioner after a bag containing papers relating to the care of a child sex abuse victim was stolen from a London pub.

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