Adult social services will face a £1 billion funding gap despite council tax rises, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. Extra money raised by local authorities will “do little”
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This report contains information on 112,200 jobs for people employed (directly and indirectly) by local authority adult social services departments in England as at September 2018. The report will be
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A judge has been asked to decide whether a wealthy widow who has dementia should be given the chance to leave a care facility and be looked after at home.
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A University of Sussex academic is calling on all local authorities across England to supply social workers with play materials to help build better relations with children. Professor Gillian Ruch,
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Nothing is more important than children’s welfare. Children who need help and protection deserve high quality and effective support as soon as a need is identified. We want a system
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A blind 97-year-old Second World War veteran embroiled in a High Court battle because he wants to leave a care facility might be able to return home. Former Royal Navy
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A social worker has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after Social Care Wales found her fitness to practise was impaired because of her serious misconduct. Lucy
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Families should be given more support during a child’s early years to ensure youngsters are getting the best possible start in life, a committee of MPs has warned. The first
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A 54-year-old woman who says her children were unfairly taken from her could be jailed after a judge concluded that she had wrongly posted information relating to family court litigation
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More than nine in 10 deaths of homeless people were in cities and towns in 2017 with only 26 homeless people dying in rural areas, new data has revealed. Deaths
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