AN expert in social services is set to take over the reins at Swansea Council. Phil Hodgson has been appointed corporate director of social services in the authority.

Plans for two new buildings to accommodate young adults with autistic spectrum disorders at Bangeston Hall moved a step closer to being approved last week.

MORE than 100 new jobs will be created by a “world class” dementia centre. Care firm Pendine Park has submitted a £5m plan to turn the former Ysbyty Bryn Seiont, Caernarfon into a state-of-the-art 77-bed dementia and nursing centre.

A new £6m centre which brings together treatment and care for children with disabilities under one roof has been called a “lifeline” by parents.

A NEW partnership is aiming to improve the quality of life for vulnerable people in Flintshire. The influential forum, which brings together the key players of social care in Wales together, has been welcomed by independent providers as ‘a major step forward’.

Health Wales is highlighting the work of Welsh Crucible researchers – the cream of Welsh research talent. Dr Martin O’Neill explains his role in the debate about how to provide the best quality social care within existing resources

A MOTION calling for changes in daycare services at Rondel House in Barry and Gardenhurst in Penarth to be reversed, has been rejected by Vale councillors.

Two social workers with a combined seven decades of experience in practice were among the big winners at the BASW Cymru Social Work Awards 2011.