All news on the topic: Social workers

A damning 173-page review sets out multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police and apparent local authority indifference to the plight of hundreds of youngsters

After admitting she reported her husband to the police because of his 'creepy' sexual kink, a woman has asked for clarification on whether or not she was in the wrong. However, the truth is far more sinister

Ros Wynne-Jones bids farewell to Camila Batmanghelidjh, who died on New Year's Day, whose charity Kids Company used pioneering psychotherapeutic methods that still inform youth violence work today.

Violent outbursts, tears and loneliness make Christmas Day one of the hardest days of the year for children in the care system - we spoke to a former care worker about what it's really like to spend the day without family

The two 16-year-olds responsible for the horrific murder of Brianna Ghey sat impassively in the dock as the judge read out the guilty verdict today

Dustin Huff, 35, and Yurui Xie, 31, were arrested after their child told his teacher about being locked in a cage-like room at their Florida home, prompting a visit from child services

The Mirror's partner for this year's Christmas Appeal is a unique team of experts who excel in caring for young people diagnosed with cancer and helping them through the worst time in their lives

Other professions where workers go under the radar, without their due praise, include teaching, farming, and volunteering, according to the research

A Scots couple say they have been moved from a council flat infested with cockroaches to one with faulty windows which causes temperatures to drop below freezing during the winter

Young Lives vs Cancer stepped in to offer a family accommodation just 15 minutes away from the hospital when their daughter needed urgent treatment nearly 100miles from their house

The Mirror is this year raising money for Young Lives vs Cancer - a charity that helps kids and their families during their fights with the disease

Little Esha has a rare form of leukaemia which means that despite 15,000 potential stem cell donors coming forward, no match was found at first - but she has now had a transplant

Brinston Tchana, 26, is now a successful model and actor but faced an uphill battle after an accident that killed three of his friends put an end to his dreams of becoming a footballer

Officers working on Operation Stovewood - started in the wake of the horrific Rotherham sexual abuse scandal - have found more than one thousand victims in their nine year investigation

Every family has secrets, skeletons in the closet, and a few other things lurking around but one dad has shared the shocking reality that he is currently facing after discovering who the true father of his adopted daughter really is

DJ Calvert, 49, from Londonderry. relies on daily visits from a care worker to help him with basic personal care - but is being withdrawn due to services being "increasingly stretched in ever more demanding circumstances"

Devious Karl Zierold, 56, who stole over £250,000 from his dementia-suffering mum, lived a life of luxury after handing the lion's share on to a potential business partner

James Monk, 36, was nearly jailed for up to six months after he was charged with harassment against his next door neighbour Karen Chazen - the court heard how she also complained about her previous neighbours

Maya Chavez left the10-year-old with injuries which included a bone sticking out of an unhealed sore and bruises from head to toe. A nurse told Orange County District Attorney's office it was the worst case of trauma and suspected child abuse she had ever seen

A three month-old was poisoned by a fentanyl overdose after her self-confessed drug addict dad – who had eight previous drug convictions – was given sole custody

The now 28 year old, who lives in Manchester city centre, was working in Derbyshire when she began experiencing a bad headache on January 13

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza called for Rishi Sunak to help struggling youngsters with a Play Out to Help Out scheme - mimicking the Eat Out to Help Out initiative to kick-start hospitality after lockdown

The Children's Commissioner found around 20,000 pupils finishing their GCSEs last summer had missed half or more of their classes in one of their final two years of school

Fewer than five NHS prescriptions for unlicensed medical cannabis were given between November 2018 and July 2022, according to data that was released in January

Social worker Payton Shires, 24, from Ohio, allegedly admitted to sexually abusing the 13-year-old teen while he was in her care after sharing text messages together, according to police