By Randy Maluchnik Elected public leaders must promote an environment of innovation for public employees when delivering local government services.  It is vitally important to improve to ...

Some child protection social workers have been left out of a new wage top-up, which the union representing those employees says has created a "poisonous" work environment. In its final month ...

The states and districts that pay Child and Family Social Workers the highest mean salary are District of Columbia ($76,330), New York ($74,080), New Jersey ($73,680), Maryland ($71,870), and ...

like social workers, clinic staff, teachers, and police, to effectively implement and coordinate appropriate services for children; and Listening to and involving children in their own protection.

A retired social worker has been arrested as part of an investigation into historical cases of child abuse in the south Manchester area. The 77-year-old was held on suspicion of indecent assault ...

By Bob Fenwick Guest commentary  Protecting children against abuse and neglect is a key focus of county government and a critically important responsibility for county boards. Families and ...

Dr Ciaran Murphy tells Sky News that services designed to protect children are now facing more cases where children are themselves the risk.