Strategic director of children’s services Peter Duxbury had been on leave for the last month, due to an urgent, unplanned family matter The head of Birmingham’s failing children’s services department

MORE council-run care homes and day centres could close in Hampshire as part of a shake-up of elderly care. County chiefs are to make an announcement today which will affect

Turning Point is to defend claims of unfair dismissal brought against it at the employment tribunal by 300 staff unhappy with being rehired on contracts which their union describes as

The Care Quality Commission has announced the appointment of its first chief inspector for social care. Andrea Sutcliffe will join the regulator from the Social Care Institute for Excellence, where

A new recruitment toolkit aims to help employers select the right candidates, by Debbie Sorkin As Camilla Cavendish noted in her review of practice among healthcare assistants and care support

Closing two day care centres and cutting 51 jobs is a “financial necessity”, Manchester City Council has said. The plan, which will be considered by the Health Scrutiny Committee on

Children’s services in Doncaster will be ‘spun out’ into staff-owned trust after series of damning reports A council has been stripped of its powers to provide child protection by the

Doncaster council should be stripped of control of its children’s services because of a “legacy of failure”, a review has found. The independent review recommends appointing an independent trust to

MORE alleged victims of abuse at Nottingham children’s homes have come forward to tell their stories. The Post reported on Saturday that police are investigating claims of abuse at five

A Bedfordshire care home is to close by Friday, following a damning inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Meppershall Care Home, near Shefford, closed to new admissions on