The NSPCC is concerned that an extension of the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, known as Sarah’s Law, will drive paedophiles underground and lead to an increase in vigilante attacks.

An alliance of 18 senior family lawyers, unions, children’s charities and health organisations is calling for an urgent overhaul of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).

The government has announced an independent commission into early intervention to ensure that children with multiple disadvantages get the best start in life.

BASW has today slammed the current situation in child protection as a national scandal in the Association’s submission to Professor Munro’s independent review of child protection.

Hopes have been raised that a care home under threat of closure could remain open after a buyer came forward.

A letter leaked to CYP Now has revealed the Department for Education (DfE) is ordering charities delivering government-funded programmes to stop publicising their work with immediate effect in an apparent bid to save on spending.

Eleven suspected illegal immigrants have been detained following a raid at a Hampshire private nursing home.

Hundreds of jobs are at risk due to plans to abolish the General Social Care Council (GSCC) Unite the union warned on Thursday.

A consultation to help improve care services and healthcare outcomes for adults with autism in England was launched today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

A Lambeth social worker who assaulted a young person has kept his job. Michael Sadowski, employee of Lambeth special disability services, admitted the assault, which was unrelated to his job and took place on June 1, 2009, and received a police caution.