The Child Well-being Index (CWI) represents the first attempt to create a small area index exclusively for children in England. Unlike the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), the CWI was

This is the Commission for Social Care Inspection’s fourth and final report on the state of social care in England. The first part of the report sets out detailed information

The aim of this guidance is to equip local authorities and other social care organisations with the tools and resources needed to plan for, and meet the challenges presented by,

Insufficient progress has been made in the provision of healthcare to YOTs between the first and the last phase of our five-year inspection programme. Services for substance misuse, for example,

This bulletin looks at the arrangements for throughcare and aftercare of children and young people who are looked after away from home in residential services and how and whether young

The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (formerly known as the Bournewood safeguards) were introduced into the Mental Capacity Act 2005 through the Mental Health Act 2007 (which received

This statistical bulletin presents information on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland, derived from Local Authority Social Work management information systems.

This document updates and builds on the 10-Year Childcare Strategy. It shows the progress that has been made since 2004 and sets out new steps to address the challenges ahead.

The report, which covers the period from April 1 2007 to March 31 2008 showed that the Care Commission achieved the majority of its targets, inspected 9,924 care services and