A children’s charity has described a big rise in the number of children being placed on the child protection register as “deeply worrying”.

Child protection agencies in Pembrokeshire have not always worked effectively, and improvements are needed, according to a report.

A breakdown in communication between healthcare and prison staff led to a paranoid schizophrenic being released from a secure hospital without any support, a report has found.

A FORMER social care worker has been cleared of swearing at a teenager and locking him in a cupboard.

Fewer than half the social services workers in Ceredigion can speak Welsh, according to new figures.

A probe has been launched into revelations that Cardiff council social workers fear a child could die because of staff shortages and high caseloads.

A FORMER social care worker denies locking a teenager in a cupboard but admits threatening to break his legs.

The Welsh government is being urged to introduce legislation to force public authorities to investigate allegations or suspicions of abuse of the elderly.

An inquiry looks certain to be held into revelations Cardiff council social workers fear a child could die because of staff shortages and overwhelming workloads.

Tens of thousands of people in Wales could find themselves destitute unless the Welsh Government comes up with new plans to help them, according to an influential Labour AM.