Care Services Minister Paul Burstow will today send out a strong message to councils aimed at encouraging joint working across health and social care and making personalised care a reality.

Families of disabled children facing cuts to respite care are launching a High Court challenge against Lancashire County Council’s budget-slashing plans.

Man, 48, and woman, 29, arrested after being exposed offering to sell 11-month-old girl as slave in a newspaper sting

HAMPSHIRE county chiefs have moved closer to switching adult care services to a separate council-owned firm. Cabinet chiefs heard the new proposals on Monday (March 28) to set up a local authority trading company.

Six children were left to suffer years of abuse at the hands of their father, because services that should have been protecting them did not step in soon enough.

Care services minister Paul Burstow has given the green light for six councils to introduce independent teams of social workers in adult social services.

Liverpool has been ranked by Ofsted as among the best two cities in England for its care of vulnerable children.

A UNIVERSITY lecturer who died suddenly has been remembered by students and colleagues. Nigel Leech, a social work lecturer at Teesside University, passed away in his sleep on February 27.

BASW – The College of Social Work (BASW/CoSW) is calling on employers to ensure social workers receive regular supervision in order to make sound judgments and maintain high professional standards. Publishing a 12-point draft policy on supervision the Association said it is urging employers to guarantee weekly supervision for newly qualified social workers and offer more experienced practitioners similar support at least once a month.

A serious case review has found the death of toddler Violet Mullen could not have been prevented by social workers. But it has made more than 80 separate recommendations to child protection agencies.