More than 300 children in Cumbria have been protected against neglect and physical and sexual abuse, latest figures reveal. Cumbria County Council said just over 300 child protection plans were

TRAFFORD Council, Trafford Housing Trust and other partners have welcomed £3m funding towards a proposed extra care facility, aimed at improving services for more vulnerable residents in Trafford. The funding,

Private adoption agencies and charities are to be given a bigger role in tackling the backlog of children needing families as ministers move to cut their dependence on councils. Edward

Social workers and police swooped on a family home and removed a gravely ill little girl from her loving parents’ care, after what was termed by judge as a ‘feeding

Child protection services in Somerset have been given the lowest rating of inadequate by Ofsted. The verdict follows an unannounced inspection by Ofsted inspectors. Social services was told to review

Vince Cable orders review into conditions which do not guarantee work from one week to the next More than 30,000 care workers in the West Midlands are on zero-hours contracts,

Coventry City Council has unveiled plans to save £22m, including closing homes for people coming out of hospital and cutting about 140 care jobs. The authority needs to save £8m

The Care Quality Commission has published a report on River View Care Home in Rodway Road and taken enforcement action for failings in all six quality standards Inspectors have found

Social work is easily criticised for being ‘risk averse’ and ‘risk anxious’, and yet we don’t seem to be any further down the road of being more risk sensible, write

CONTROVERSIAL plans to charge parents who put their children into care have been delayed by four months – but council chiefs still say they want to introduce it. As from