A city charity committed to supporting survivors of sexual and domestic violence is introducing a new service aimed at people with mental health problems and ethnic minorities.

UNIONS have clashed with council bosses over plans to drastically overhaul the care of elderly and disabled people.

Further evidence has emerged that the Baby Peter case has sparked a surge in local authority applications for court care proceedings and had a significant impact upon social work practice.

NHS trusts which were heavily criticised for their failure to protect Baby Peter have made “significant progress”, a watchdog has reported.

The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has announced it will continue to support the residential childcare sector through a new service headed by Jonathan Stanley, former manager of the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC).

Former residents of council children’s homes are set to win a multi-million pound compensation payout for alleged sexual and physical abuse stretching back more than 30 years.

A coroner criticised Britain’s largest care home provider after a pensioner died as a direct result of ‘inexcusable failures’ at the hands of their staff.

The coalition government has controversially decided to press ahead with plans to cap the court fees for independent social workers (ISWs), BASW Online has learned.

Until now, adult social care has struggled to demonstrate its worth and to quantify the return on government investment in it. The Ascot could change all that, says David Brindle

Children’s social care staff at Surrey County Council were on the brink of taking industrial action last year due to excessive caseloads and a lack of management support, the public sector union Unison has claimed.