Referral – Over 50% had no formal referral arrangements between social care and education, and 45% had none between social care and health. Numbers of deaf children – There was also considerable ...

He highlighted how a dedicated Children in Need service had moved 250 cases away from social workers. The council has also taken steps to introduce a full Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) by ...

A care home for children suffering with mental health illnesses has been criticised after a recent inspection. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors have raised concerns about systems at The ...

Manchester’s new director of children’s services, Paul Marshall, is aiming to cut caseloads to 18 children per social worker, compared to a figure of 30 when they were at their height - and 24 ...

A care home is being investigated by police over the death of a vulnerable man who left the building unaccompanied and was hit by a lorry. The man, 70, died after leaving the Nada Residential and ...

The approach is being piloted in Hackney, with an evaluation due to be published in March 2019. Lambeth council was this month awarded part of a £2.4 million fund administered by the children’s social ...

According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. This indirectly affects day-to-day functioning in ...

May 10, 2021 at 2:00am BST. CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed a Department of Health U-turn on plans to extend the controversial "dilution" of safeguarding regulations for at risk children.

THOUSANDS of safeguarding concerns were investigated in adult social care in Bradford last year, figures show. When an adult in care is judged to be at risk of abuse or neglect, local authorities ...