Children’s and adults services directors have been urged to carry out a health check on their social workers, as recommended by the Social Work Taskforce.

The government has given assurances to the Social Work Reform Board (SWRB) that it wants it to continue its work and complement the Munro inquiry into child protection, delegates at the National Children and Adults Services conference were told.

The boyfriend of Baby Peter Connelly’s mother could be forced to “answer questions” about the 17-month-old boy’s death, a coroner has said.

Norwich’s first Sure Start children’s centre is continuing to blaze a trail after getting an “outstanding” grading from Ofsted.

AN ECO-FRIENDLY care home which is thought to be first of its kind in England is getting ready to open its doors after creating 50 jobs in Stockton.

Council plans to cut home care assistance for people with Parkinson’s disease is not displaying the government’s commitment to social care, it is claimed.

The health service and local government must work as partners on social care in the face of a spending squeeze, the NHS Confederation said today.

A review of social care is under way at a Teesside council after inspectors found vulnerable and elderly people were being let down.

Care services minister Paul Burstow has announced that the Care Quality Commission will no longer conduct an annual performance assessment of councils’ commissioning of adult social care.

Care groups are warning the government risks failing to deliver on a pledge to reform the funding system for the long-term care of elderly people in England.