Responding to the revelation that local authorities are facing rising numbers of law suits from people abused as children seeking compensation for failing to protect them, BASW – The College of Social Work(BASW/CoSW) has said the cases illustrate the difficult decisions social workers have to make, with often limited support from employers.

Children in care is not a subject that attracts much media attention, but a new project aims to change that.

Hundreds of young people are trying to sue local authorities in England and Wales for failing to remove them from abusive homes, lawyers are claiming.

A CARE worker who illegally injected an elderly man has been sentenced. Julie Ann Taylor, who is already serving a prison sentence for stealing from another victim, lied about her qualifications before giving the injection.

Eight of the 10 local authorities with the highest levels of child poverty are in London, according to the End Child Poverty campaign.

Social care is facing a funding gap of more than £1bn by 2014 in England – a situation which would have consequences for the NHS, a leading think-tank says.

Mental well-being has become an ‘emerging priority’ for local authorities, but councils ‘struggle with a lack of shared understanding’ of the issue, it has emerged.

The £1 billion social care funding crisis is a pincer movement that could damage services for the disadvantaged and elderly, said the Unite union.

A DEVOTED husband who has been caring for his disabled wife for almost 30 years has been given £2,500 compensation from Enfield Council after being “harassed and humiliated” by social workers.

WIRRAL Council has received a glowing report from Ofsted following an inspection into its ‘safeguarding and looked after’ children’s services.