Children in care among most likely to develop mental health difficulties, but often denied care, finds Fonagy Review ...

ADCS says Ofsted plan to penalise councils for using unregistered homes would hold authorities to unattainable standard ...

News Care-experienced children among groups least well served by current mental health system, finds review . Today , says probe into ...

Lack of training and workload issues creating barriers to practitioners offering people direct payments, finds report ...

Yvette Cooper announces collective pension scheme for care staff in England following lobbying from UNISON, which warned that ...

Review follows research which found rapid growth in number of centres has come in absence of strategy or strong evidence ...

Glasgow City Council also drops immediate threat of 'fire and rehire' process for staff over equal pay dispute ...

Social workers say employers are failing to take steps to keep them safe, despite frequent verbal abuse during visits ...

The prime minister's pledge of free personal care for older people would not address many of the issues facing sector ...

Think Ahead announces it will close in August 2027, when final cohort completes two-year programme and DHSC funding ends ...

Andy Burnham has pledged to provide free personal care for older people, but given no such promise to working-age disabled adults, under planned reforms announced this week. A statement on the ...

Department sets deadline for councils and fellow safeguarding partners to fully roll out family help services, multi-agency child protection teams and family group decision making, under Families ...