CUMBRIA County Council has defended changes to the way it buys care for the vulnerable – insisting it was previously paying for services that weren’t being delivered.

A BBC 2 documentary following the day-to-day work of a Bristol Council child protection team revealed a lack of support for the parents featured in the programme, a family advocacy charity has warned.

HOME care for people living with Alzheimer’s in Selby is to be cut with the loss of five jobs, it has been announced.

THE Prime Minister has promised to look into claims made in the recent Anna Klonowski report.

TCSW officially launches and uses event to set out its vision for the challenges ahead

Social workers are seeking an extra £2.5 million to deal with a rise in the number of children coming into care. They are asking county councillors to approve an increase in their £31.1 million budget for 2012-13 to tackle the issue.

Social workers just can’t win. There’s no such thing as a popular decision in any case of child protection, but if the care team get it wrong, then the finger swiftly points at their failings.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has welcomed Ofsted’s announcement that it will introduce no notice inspections for child protection services, coming into effect in May.

Somerset County Council is to halve its budget for supporting young carers by £70,000 through job cuts.

The government is spending £500 million less than is needed to maintain levels of social care provision this year, a new report suggests.