Ofsted has produced a new report that evaluates the range and effectiveness of the arrangements for education and training for several categories of young people: those identified for their likelihood of offending; young offenders who move into custodial establishments then are transferred between different establishments while in custody; and those who move between custody and the community.

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) conduct committee has ignored public pressure for punitive sanctions against two social workers involved in the Baby Peter case by only suspending them from the register for a short period.

A social worker who failed to spot the abuse of a toddler at her Carlisle home was not experienced or qualified enough to deal with the case, a report has revealed.

Two social workers have admitted serious failings in their handling of the case of Baby Peter Connelly and believe that the allegations against them amount to professional misconduct, a hearing in London heard yesterday.

There is an urgent need for better care for older people, a national charity has said. Commenting as the appointment of a new care minister was announced by the coalition government, Counsel and Care said there needs to be sweeping reform of the care system.

The new government’s hardliner welfare team strikes fear in mental health service users and disabled people writes Peter Beresford.

Researchers from the University of the West England are calling for changes to the UK residential home care system to ensure older people have a ‘home for life’ and are not pushed out to hospitals or nursing homes unnecessarily.

More than a third of social workers and police officers say they have felt powerless to intervene in suspected cases of child neglect, research reveals

Two social workers who have admitted they failed to protect Baby P from his abusers will be free to work with vulnerable children within months.

Four-year-old twins taken from social workers by their mother have been found safe and well, Lincolnshire police said today.