A SPECIALIST care home is due to open on the outskirts of Romsey in 2015. Hampshire-based Hartford Care is behind the 60-bed scheme at Abbotswood and it is part of

A TRUST will be set up to take responsibility for protecting children in Doncaster after the local authority secured significant concessions from the Government over how the new system will

More must be done to retain social workers demoralised by three critical reports about children’s services in Northamptonshire, a watchdog head says. Kevin Crompton, the independent chair of the county’s

A Merseyside  care home boss was warned she is facing jail after being found guilty of wilfully neglecting a pensioner with dementia. Belita Howell, 58, was the manager of Mother

Cutting senior managers by 40% and increasing front line social workers by 50% are among the proposals staff are being consulted on, within Children’s Services at IW Council. The local

EXPERIENCED social workers are being offered cash incentives of £4,000 to come to Worcestershire. The county council says the extra payments – over and above annual salaries of up to

The trading company set up by Buckinghamshire CC to deliver adult social care services will start trading from 1 October. Buckinghamshire Care, which was established in a bid to protect

Leading care organisations have backed a new ‘Social Care Commitment’ that care workers will be asked to sign up to as a mark of their professionalism. The Department of Health

The Care Quality Commission has told carehome.co.uk that from now on, it will watch all footage filmed in secret by families concerned over the standards of care their relatives are

Dorset County Council has appointed a new director for children’s services. Sara Tough will join the council in the new year. Sara is currently service director for children, families and