IT IS still unclear when a permanent team will be in place to run Calderdale council’s crisis-stricken children’s social-care department.

Economist says providing long-term care for senior citizens is an issue of choice and not affordability

Bexley Council’s handling of a child protection investigation was seriously flawed, according to the Local Government Ombudsman.

Tough financial times and increasing demographic pressures call for innovation and transformation in social care – and personal budgets may not be part of that mix, writes NLGN’s Daria Kuznetsova

A social care project in Swindon has set itself a target to help 350 families over the next three years.

A Whitehaven social worker accused of improper conduct says the allegations were completely fabricated by her client.

REPORTS of alleged abuse of vulnerable adults in Hampshire have nearly tripled over the last three years, latest figures show.

£5m of government money invested in institution linked to Unison in deal criticised by Commons education committee

A new action plan published by the Department for Education calls on all local areas to take urgent action to stop the sexual exploitation of children and young people.

The Social Workers Union (SWU) is very concerned at the attacks on social workers’ jobs, pay and conditions of service which are being mounted by the Coalition Government and are often colluded in by their allies in local authorities.