A PROBE is being held into the death of a care home resident.Peter Hunt, 42, was living at Care Principles, Cedar House, Dover Road, Barham.

Government plans to offer graduates £20,000 to take up a career in social care will not go far enough to ease the sector’s recruitment crisis, experts have warned.

The social care personalisation agenda has received a boost with news that the number of people getting individual budgets (IBs) has risen by nearly third in a year.

Nearly 60 per cent of lead members for children’s services say it is more difficult to recruit child social workers since the Baby P case, a new survey reveals.

Ed Balls, the Children’s Secretary, will announce the move on Wednesday as part of an overhaul of child protection rules recommended by an independent review.

Top graduates will be hired as social workers to protect the most vulnerable children under a multi-million-pound drive announced in the wake of the Baby P case today.

Doctors should detain a child in hospital if they suspect abuse and alert key agencies, such as social services and police, according to guidance published today.

The Care Quality Commission has named three directors to complete its seven-strong senior management team. The new super regulator over health, mental health and adult social care started operating on 1 April.

A CARE home closure has sparked controversy after it shut its doors 19 months after a council admitted it was failing residents’ needs.

A senior social worker harassed four female colleagues while boasting he was irresistible to women, a tribunal heard.