Care bosses have welcomed the start of Dementia Awareness Week, which begins today. The week has been organised by Alzheimer’s Society and lasts from today until 25 May. Community groups

It can be difficult to detect adult abuse, but councils need to do more to raise awareness of the services available, by Phil Porter While shocking stories in the news

The Department of Health has commissioned a new managers’ guide, in order to drive up the learning and development of the social care workforce that supports people with dementia. Skills

It’s essential that the apprenticeship workforce in adult social care is increased significantly to secure future supply – and therefore sustainable care services – at a time when demand for

HEALTH and social care workers are getting up-to-date fire safety training following the death of a pensioner whose house burned down. John Strains shunned all efforts to persuade him to

Social workers warn changes being brought in to speed up adoption and the family courts might be bad for the welfare of some children. Some have criticised a new time-limit

AN INVESTIGATION into how Oxfordshire’s authorities failed to spot a child sex abuse ring could spark resignations, the county council leader warned last night. Ian Hudspeth spoke out as a

West Sussex County Council’s child protection social work practices were praised for ‘significant improvement’ by a Government minister. In a letter to county council leader, Louise Goldsmith, Edward Timpson, minister

Graduates on a new fast-track scheme for trainee social workers will help manage caseloads after just five weeks of intensive initial training. The “Frontline” scheme aims to attract top graduates

The newly appointed Chief Social Worker for Children and a fast-track training model for “high-flying” graduates each have the potential to improve social work in England but must not go