Introduction To Careers In Social Work
Care Appointments presents the Department of Health’s guide to careers in social work…
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Care Appointments presents the Department of Health’s guide to careers in social work…
Read MoreA unique guide aimed at improving the training of social work students in Northern Ireland has been launched by a University of Ulster academic. The Good Practice Guide on Citizen Involvement in Social Work Education in the Northern Ireland Context examines how service users and carers as citizens can be involved in the education of the students undertaking their degree course at the University.
Read MoreSince the first post-registration education programme, preparing mental health nurses for practice in a community setting, appeared in 1970 at Chiswick Polytechnic, there have been significant changes in the nature of and academic level at which Community Mental Health Nurse (CMHN) courses have been offered. In 1988, almost all educational centres offered courses at certificate level. However, by 1995, virtually all centres offered a relevant course at diploma level.
Read MoreA social worker who advertised herself as an escort girl through an online agency has been banned from working with vulnerable children. Yvonne Doyle, a supervisor, was the first person to appear before a General Social Care Council conduct panel, the profession’s new disciplinary body.
Read MoreProcurement training for social care, health and housing staff is to continue after funding was extended. The London Centre of Excellence – one of nine regional centres helping councils with efficient procurement – has committed a further £25,000 to keep the postgraduate qualification going.
Read More{mosimage} A new drive to modernise mental health services was launched today by Health Minister Rosie Winterton. She published a document outlining ten key changes that mental health providers should make to improve quality of care for patients and drive better service efficiency.
Based on existing best practice, all ten changes have been tried and tested around the country. The difference they have made to service users, to staff and to services themselves have been measured and results are presented in case studies collected from local mental health services across the country. The document aims to show mental health professionals that by following this guidance, they can make a real difference to how they provide services for patients.
The director of Reading Social Services has quit after her managing skills were criticised. Eileen Means, director of housing and community care at Reading Borough Council left her post “by mutual agreement”. A month before her departure she was forced to take a leave of absence when an investigation was launched into the management of her department.
Read MoreSCHIZOPHRENIA is a serious mental illness that affects one person in every 100. I first began to suffer from symptoms when I was about 12. Of course no-one knew that’s what it was then . . . it was just put down to the start of teenage hormones. But I began to have bouts of low mood and I was anxious around crowds. I started to bunk off school, I really hated it and just could not adjust to the 9-5 routine. It was the mornings that killed me, as I just could never get enough sleep.
Read MoreHundreds of vulnerable older people in Edinburgh are not being given the free personal care they are entitled to because they are still waiting to be assessed. City council chiefs have been urged to “get their act together” after official figures revealed that more than 1600 people were still waiting to receive payments of up to £145 a week to receive help washing, dressing and eating.
Read MoreThe mother of a toddler who was kidnapped and sexually abused by a convicted paedophile has called for an immediate change in the law. Craig Sweeney, 24, who took the three-year-old from her home in Cardiff was last week sentenced to life but can seek parole after five years. The girl’s mother has called for tougher sentencing adding the attack did “terrible damage” to her daughter. She said: “He should have had life and life should mean life”
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