A SOCIAL worker who was employed by Kirklees Council has been accused of sexual misconduct. Leslie Healey, who worked for the council from 1997, is said to have formed an improper sexual relationship with a woman who was a social services client.

A CRITICAL Ofsted report has revealed a “significant number” of vulnerable children in Stockton had either not been seen or not had their protection needs assessed by social services.

Police have launched an investigation after a woman died at a care home. Officers are looking into “possible neglect offences” after the death of Barbara Merritt, 78, at Heath Hill Lodge in Heath Hill Avenue, Brighton.

A judge has criticised Doncaster social services after hearing of a shocking catalogue of cruelty to two young girls over a four-year period.
 

DONCASTER’S new director of children’s’s services has vowed to stick around to help improve the troubled department.

The number of violent deaths among children in England and Wales has fallen by almost 40% since 1974, research has suggested.

Jobseekers in Stoke on Trent have received a colossal boost following news of a £1.4 million cash injection for social care training in the area.

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) has appointed a former social worker as its new chief executive. Penny Thompson will replace the interim chief executive Paul Snell, who was brought in following the suspension and dismissal of former chief executive Mike Wardle.

Preventing patients from leaving psychiatric wards without staff agreement could avoid up to 50 suicide deaths every year, say University of Manchester researchers.

A 19-year-old man has been given an indeterminate jail sentence for the kidnap and rape of an 86-year-old woman in a Bradford care home.