Skills for Care has announced the finalists for their Accolades Awards celebrating the achievements of organisations committed to boosting the skills and knowledge of the growing adult social care workforce.
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A toolkit for early years practitioners has been created by researchers at the University of Sheffield after a study examined whether they should ‘love’ the children in their care. Dr
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It may be possible to assess the risk of developing dementia by analyzing information gathered during routine visits to the family doctor, according to research published in the open access
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Vulnerable British children are being placed in care outside their home county due to the influx of child asylum seekers from across the English Channel. Council chiefs in Kent said
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The Government suffered a defeat in the Lords over plans to down-play income-related measures of child poverty levels. Peers voted by 290 to 198, a majority of 92, to back
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Flagship Conservative reforms to extend free childcare to 30 hours per week have passed through the House of Commons despite claims the provision is underfunded. The Childcare Bill delivers a
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Cuts to benefits threaten to force sick and disabled people “further away from work and closer to poverty”, charities have warned. Ahead of a key House of Lords vote on
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Staff at a charity are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over pay. Unite and Unison said their members at Action For Children will vote in the
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The Government intends to hand back some of the decision-making powers it took from Rotherham Council in the wake of child sexual exploitation revelations. The entire political leadership of the
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A fertility clinic had been criticised for “striking ineptitude” by a High Court judge. Mrs Justice Pauffley has complained about “administrative incompetence” at the Herts and Essex Fertility Centre, which
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