The number of people employed by the voluntary sector has increased by 40% in the past decade, a survey by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has found.

The time is ripe to reform adult social care and the Association of Directors of Social Services (Adass) is ready to play its part. By Peter Hay

A disability rights campaigner has said the ruling that Manchester’s cuts to adult care were legal was “disappointing”.

Intensive family intervention programmes are helping parents and children to enjoy life at home together

A BOMB threat was made against staff at a social services office in Keynsham, a court heard. Simon Dukes threatened to blow up the Bath and North East Somerset Council offices because he wanted to kill his ex-partner’s social worker.

BASW has urged education secretary Michael Gove to acknowledge his own government’s role in shaping the current practice environment before judging the actions of frontline social workers.

BASW has challenged Ofsted to focus on causes and not just effects after the children’s service inspectorate identified key practice issues surrounding the protection of vulnerable babies and young people.

Care home worker Rebecca Reasbeck allegedly killed dementia sufferer Irene Herring by setting her room on fire so she could become a ‘heroine’, a court has heard.

Calderdale council has lost its head of children’s social care, just as the vital service was beginning to show signs of emerging from a long period in the doldrums.

EXPERTS have been called in to help Peterborough City Council after a damning report into its children’s services.