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

Ministers have been told they must go further with their overhaul of social care in England by merging its budget with the NHS. The government is currently pressing ahead with

Warwickshire children’s centres face a £2.3m cut to their budget next year. The county council said the loss equated to 30% of the current budget. The service has already been

Effective early intervention can support those at risk of joining gangs to build better lives,  by Lorraine Khan Girls and young women with links to gangs are among the most

Councils in twelve of the UK’s biggest cities have spent nearly £2bn housing families in temporary accommodation over the past four years, investigators have reported. Figures collected by the Bureau

BASW responded to the launch of Frontline, a fast-track training model for “high-flying” graduates, with nationwide media appearances expressing concern at the tight timescale proposed for preparing candidates for entering

BASW has urged the newly appointed Chief Social Worker for Adults in England, Lyn Romeo, to work closely with her soon to be revealed counterpart for children if she is

Children are being “failed on a grand scale” by ministers, leading doctors have claimed, as they called for an inquiry into the state of child welfare in Britain. Cuts to

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