A council’s children’s services department which was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted in 2018 has achieved the highest rate of foster care to adoption conversions in West Yorkshire. Wakefield Council ...

Motions have been put forward ahead of a full council meeting calling for Wakefield Council to oppose proposed welfare reforms. An overhaul of the benefits system, outlined last month, included ...

Local authorities and organisations are supporting carers during Foster Care Fortnight. Picture: Pressmaster/Adobe Stock To mark Foster Care fortnight (15-28 May), Wakefield Council has announced a 12 ...

The couple, from Pontefract, were approved as foster carers by Wakefield Council in July 2003. The review, which will be led by Brian Parrott, former director of social services at Surrey Council, ...

The couple's family reported carers arrived late ... Workers from a home care agency hired for the couple by Wakefield Council arrived late and "failed to treat them with dignity".

Wakefield Council's children's services were rated "inadequate" in 2018 but have since been completely transformed, Ofsted said "Immoral" agencies have left a West Yorkshire council struggling to ...

The policy change by Wakefield Council means residents' opinions on planning matters can no longer be viewed online Public comments on a council's planning website will no longer be available to ...

director for children's social care at Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council. “It will provide two beds for children in advance of matching and moving them along to foster carers. The aim is to ...

Wakefield Council said it had been informed by the Home Office that arrangements were being made to move more asylum seekers to the area. Council leader Denise Jeffery said she had instructed ...