Tracey Connelly also had a difficult background, at one stage being placed on the child protection register

TWO grandmothers, accused of ill-treating a disabled resident at a Nuneaton care home, have had the charges dropped– after a year-long “nightmare”.

A MAN whose 92-year-old mum lives at the threatened Ladesfield care home in Whitstable claims the closures consultation meeting was a total sham.

Social workers in the West Midlands have welcomed Sandwell Council’s decision to pull out of the government’s social work practice pilot for children in care.

BASW’s chief executive Hilton Dawson has written to the prime minister to urge him to prioritise social work jobs and services at the expense of arts funding

Unison is in talks to negotiate a joint membership deal that could see more than 40,000 of its social work professionals become the founding members of the College of Social Work.

A senior social worker investigated for working for two councils at the same time has been cleared of misconduct.

A social worker blamed for failings after a baby boy suffered catastrophic injuries will not face any action, we can reveal.

A pilot scheme that offers patients more choice and control over their healthcare was given a £4 million boost today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

PEOPLE have “nothing to fear” from the closure of ten residential care homes in Warwickshire, a councillor said.