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Council to ease staff pressure as protection fears surface
Cardiff Council has said it is easing the pressure on its children's social workers after a leaked document highlighted concerns among staff that high workloads. (Picture: Rex, stressed social worker, model released).
07 November 2011
Care complaints in elderly care treble in Wales
The number of referrals to the Care Council for Wales (CCW) involving student social workers has fallen over the past two years, according to latest figures.
31 October 2011
Local safeguarding boards in Wales 'fail to evidence their work'
Local safeguarding children boards in Wales are failing to evidence their child protection work and need stronger leadership and accountability. This...
10 October 2011
Patchy care home advocacy provision prompts review in Wales
A review has been launched into advocacy arrangements for older people living in care homes in Wales, following growing evidence of inconsistent provision across the country.
03 October 2011
Protocol on managing children who sexually harm
A protocol on managing children who display sexually harmful behaviour is being developed in Wales after the Cardiff government identified the need for a nationwide response.
21 September 2011
Number of adoptions increases in Wales
A decline in the adoption rate in Wales has been halted, according to latest figures.
15 September 2011
Couple who threatened social worker are jailed
A couple who harassed and threatened their allocated social worker have been jailed.
15 September 2011
Scotland and Wales look to register domiciliary workers
National regulators in Scotland and Wales want to start registering domiciliary care workers as soon as possible to raise standards and ensure the safety...
03 May 2011
Care worker drove teenage clients after smoking cannabis
A care worker who smoked cannabis before driving two teenagers home from a concert has been struck off the social care register.
25 August 2011
Social care workforce regulation in the UK explained
The divergence in social care policies introduced and proposed by the four home nations is matched by a similarly inconsistent approach to workforce regulation, writes Gordon Carson
16 March 2011
Council left children at risk, inspectors find
Inspectors have condemned Anglesey children's services for leaving children at potential risk, poor assessments and long delays in children in need cases.
08 August 2011
Social worker struck off after exposing child to risk
A social worker who failed to act on concerns raised by a child's teacher has been struck off the register in Wales.
01 August 2011
Social worker struck off for placing sex offender with family
An experienced social worker who placed a young man with a history of inappropriate sexual beheviour with a foster family without making a proper risk assessment has been struck off the register in Wales.
11 July 2011
Councils to merge social services teams as demand rises
Two councils in Wales are to merge their social services departments to meet increasing demand.
06 July 2011
Social worker struck off for inappropriate relationship
A senior social worker who formed an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable service user has been struck off the register in Wales.
30 June 2011
Welsh government bids to cool social care fee row
The Welsh government has stepped in to save a landmark partnership agreement between councils and social care providers following a spate of rows over care fees.
22 June 2011
Care worker in Wales struck off for cannabis factory conviction
A care worker in Wales who allowed her house to be used for growing cannabis has been struck off. Melanie Cotton was convicted of permitting her premises...
09 May 2011
Welsh regulator under fire over handling of conduct case
The Care Council for Wales has been criticised for writing to every local authority in Wales warning them not to employ a social worker who had been temporarily suspended from the register.
27 April 2011
Welsh Labour wants charities to run private care services
Charities could seize social care services in Wales from the private sector, under plans put forward by Welsh Labour today.
14 April 2011
Bryncynon Strategy breathes life into ex-mining community
A forming mining community decided to arrest its decline by tackling its own health and social problems after residents felt abandoned by the public sector, reports Andrew Mickel
01 April 2011
