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Man cleared of harming baby son after council social services raised concerns

By Brian Farmer14th June 2017News England

An engineer whose baby son suffered head injuries shortly after he confessed a gambling habit during a row with his partner has been cleared of deliberately harming the youngster by

Council apologise after dementia patient’s care funding was cut following flawed assessment

By The Press Association14th June 2017News England

An elderly dementia patient had her care funding wrongly stopped by a council after a “flawed assessment” by social workers concluded she was able to manage her own finances. In

Children’s services in Bridgend to produce improvement plan following inspection

By Iain MacDonald12th June 2017News Wales

Bridgend County Borough Council is to produce an improvement plan for its children’s services in response to an inspection report published by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW).

Liverpool Hope University to host major debate on social care crisis

By Iain MacDonald9th June 2017Education & Training

Leaders from the public, private and voluntary sectors are being invited to Liverpool Hope University this June to debate the future of social care. The debate ‘The Crisis in Social Care. Who cares? Who pays?’

‘Unacceptable attitudes’ towards people with learning disabilities ‘must change’

By Rod Minchin8th June 2017News England

Health campaigners have called for changes in how society treats adults with learning disabilities following the scandal at two care homes in Devon. They said that vulnerable adults were often

Social worker who sold child’s address for holiday avoids custodial sentence

By Claire Hayhurst6th June 2017News England

A social worker who sold the address of an adopted child to her birth mother to pay for a holiday to the Dominican Republic has walked free from court. Androulla

Nearly half of public sector workers forced off sick with mental health problems

By Ella Pickover1st June 2017News England

Almost half of public sector workers have been forced to take time off work because of problems with their mental health, a large new survey has found. Mental health charity

Engage: How to settle social care funding once and for all

By Janette Rutterford, The Open University31st May 2017Engage

Branding it a “dementia tax” was inspired – opponents of the Conservative Party’s election manifesto railed against its fundamentally unfair proposals for dealing with the social care costs of increasing

Inspectors report children’s services in Glasgow performing well

By Iain MacDonald30th May 2017News Scotland

Services for children and young people in Glasgow are improving lives and having a positive impact, inspectors have said. That was the key finding of a joint inspection of services

Tory social care funding plans may flounder due to poorly performing councils

By Gavin Cordon22nd May 2017News England

Conservative plans for councils to recoup the care costs of elderly people from their estates after they die may flounder due to poor-performing local authorities, a former pensions minister has

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Man cleared of harming baby son after council social services raised concerns

Children’s services in Bridgend to produce improvement plan following inspection

‘Unacceptable attitudes’ towards people with learning disabilities ‘must change’

Nearly half of public sector workers forced off sick with mental health problems

Inspectors report children’s services in Glasgow performing well

Teenager who murdered family was planning shooting at his former primary school

Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death

Thirty councils in severe financial distress granted support to protect services

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

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Tag: Local Authorities

Man cleared of harming baby son after council social services raised concerns

Council apologise after dementia patient’s care funding was cut following flawed assessment

Children’s services in Bridgend to produce improvement plan following inspection

Liverpool Hope University to host major debate on social care crisis

‘Unacceptable attitudes’ towards people with learning disabilities ‘must change’

Social worker who sold child’s address for holiday avoids custodial sentence

Nearly half of public sector workers forced off sick with mental health problems

Engage: How to settle social care funding once and for all

Inspectors report children’s services in Glasgow performing well

Tory social care funding plans may flounder due to poorly performing councils