A group of social workers in Bristol are to set up their own practice in a bid to reduce bureaucracy.

Just how well Jersey looks after its young people in care is being looked in a ten-month independent inspection.

THE UK’s powerful equality watchdog has accused Wirral Council of discriminating against disabled people – and it could cost the town hall £500,000 in compensation.

A NURSE punched a patient who used a zimmer frame and told the sobbing man his ‘crocodile tears’ would not help, a hearing was told.

A review of Kent’s child protection services has identified more than 500 cases which raise cause for concern.

Funding for more GP-style social work practices for looked-after children has been approved, the Department for Education has announced.

Police investigating a group of men who allegedly groomed young girls for sex in Rochdale have made a series of arrests.

Changes to a national organisation tackling child sex abuse could be dangerous, its former chief has said.

A social worker has admitted ignoring warnings that a two-year-old girl was being abused, a week before the toddler was murdered by her mother’s partner.

The National Gold Standards Framework Centre, the provider of the UK’s largest end of life care training programme for care homes, has welcomed news of its endorsement by the National Skills Academy for Social Care.