Six Peterborough City Council workers had their contracts terminated after a blunder which potentially put the safety of hundreds of children at risk.

Social workers responsible for looking after a severely disabled girl found hanged in her bedroom after weeks of neglect were poorly trained and overworked, a report found today.

Ministers today pledged to urgently overhaul Britain’s “unsustainable” social care system and tackle a growing problem which the Labour government did little to address during its time in office.

Momentum for reforming the adult social care system is waning after the issue was not mentioned in last week’s coalition agreement, campaigners have said.

The coalition government has announced it is to scrap the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) as part of its bid to cut back local authority inspections.

A mother suspected of murdering her two children in Spain, had worked for Cumbria County Council’s child services department, the authority has revealed.

A MAN who worked as a team manager for Essex County Council’s adolescent fostering team has been found guilty of misconduct. The General Social Care Council investigated allegations that David Lee had broken codes of practice.

Complaints about social workers are rising sharply, the head of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) advice and representation service has warned.

CQC is working closely with the adult social care sector in developing a new system to replace quality ratings (star ratings) for registered social care services.

EXTRA frontline posts have been created to help protect vulnerable children in Lincolnshire. In the wake of the serious case review into the death of Baby P, authorities across the country have had to look at how they can better safeguard children.