The government has pledged £23m to support improvements in child protection arrangements and reduce pressure on frontline social workers in England.

Ed Balls has announced plans to make reports on child deaths more open but has stopped short of demanding that they be published in full.

Poor-quality practical placements in social work training have long been a concern, but newly approved standards may bring change.

A SOCIAL worker molested adolescent boys in his care, a disciplinary panel heard. David Lawrence Morris is accused of abusing three boys staying in an overnight care centre on Wirral.

The number of people being excluded from social care in England will continue rising unless there is a major revamp of the system, experts warn.

A report into how the government has dealt with improving dementia services in England has found it failed to make the condition a national priority.

England must look to other parts of the UK to improve joint-working procedures between different agencies to bolster child protection, social workers have urged.

Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has criticised England’s children’s commissioner for “ill advised” comments about the killers of James Bulger.

Mobile phone giant O2 has launched a £5m programme offering cash-in-hand grants for young people to make a difference in their local communities.

Protecting families from guns and gang-related crime, child trafficking and prostitution, are issues that Birmingham social worker Iffit Rehman has to deal with – along with trying to get home on time for her son’s birthday.