The BBC’s Protecting Our Children series is an authentic portrayal of the difficult decisions and situations social workers face every day

Following lobbying from the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), an All Party Parliamentary Social Work Group today held its first meeting, a move aimed at moving social work higher up the political agenda.

Collaboration between university and care charity in Liverpool includes a simulation that puts users inside the mind of someone with the condition

ORGANISATIONS in West Berkshire are being invited to bid for a £276,000 per year contract to provide an advice and support service to carers.

Reports of abuse in the care of vulnerable adults have nearly doubled in the past year.

Half of social workers feel powerless to intervene in suspected cases of child neglect, according to latest research.

Millions of elderly people are facing a “care crisis” as official figures showed that two thirds of councils have cut funding for residential homes.

Failure to tackle social care funding will cost the government far more in the long run, warns care home chief Leon Smith

VULNERABLE and older people in Swadlincote are to be given more than £40,000 of support to help with their wellbeing.

A care company boss has been jailed for swindling a housebound 89-year-old woman out of thousands of pounds by using the pensioner’s bank card to play internet bingo up to seven times a day.