A 95-year-old woman suffered serious burns and five other residents were injured in a suspected arson fire at a care home in Cleveleys, Lancashire.

Teachers and healthcare and social workers must work together better to improve the lives of children in care, new guidelines say.

Ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review, JRF commissioned Ipsos MORI to look into the views and perceptions of local authorities and service user/carer organisations as they prepare for the challenges they now face.

A paedophile ring of four women described as “one of the most sickening this country has seen” was brought to an end yesterday after a community care worker was found guilty of abusing a five-month-old baby.
 

Chancellor unveils biggest UK spending cuts in decades, telling MPs ‘today is the day that Britain steps back from the brink’

Social Workers have been saying for a long time that they want a profession that is properly resourced, supported, managed and respected and today they headed to 10 Downing Street and handed over a cost saving Social Work Bill.

More than 13% of social workers brought before the General Social Care Council on misconduct charges this year have been cleared, a BASW Online investigation has revealed, a marked increase on previous years.

The charity says treatment is effective only if patients receive counselling within three months of being diagnosed

A unified professional voice for social work should be developed at a global level, according to three international organisations representing social work internationally.

SOCIAL services has apologised to a woman for not taking more seriously allegations of sex abuse she made against her stepfather 23 years ago.