Loughton calls for overhaul of local authority youth services
Local authority youth services are in need of a complete overhaul, the junior children’s minister has claimed.
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Local authority youth services are in need of a complete overhaul, the junior children’s minister has claimed.
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According to a major report developed by experts on a social care advisory board, including Jeff Jerome, the National Director of Social Care Transformation, and Chief Executive of Counsel and Care Stephen Burke, social workers need training in order to play a greater role in planning and delivering end-of-life care ahead of huge increase in the numbers of deaths each year.
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BASW England is holding a series of seminars across the country to address emerging concerns from social workers working in adult services. BASW England policy development officer Joe Godden said concerns centre on “cuts, reductions in qualified social worker numbers and a growing tendency for adult social work to be relegated in importance to children’s social work”.
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The Department of Children, Schools and Famlies (DCSF) has published two reports produced by the Centre for Disability Research (CeDR).
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The number of people employed in the voluntary sector rose 6.5 per cent to 778,000 last year, bucking the trend of job losses in the public and private sectors.
THREE day centres for people with mental health needs could close in Notts.The county council is expected to launch a consultation into shutting the centres in Beeston, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Worksop.
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The number of new reports of children being cared for in private fostering arrangements has risen by nine per cent in the past year, the latest figures reveal.
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Problems in children’s social care cannot be blamed on a lack of funding, according to Lord Laming, author of two government reviews into child protection.
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A SOCIAL worker from Sheffield has been banned from her profession after swindling more than £20,000 in housing benefit, council tax relief, and income support.
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Providing better health and social care services to more people for less is at the heart of the personalisation agenda. But while tailoring services offers greater choice and control to users, local authorities need to recognise what long-term benefits can be gained from radically changing how they commission services.
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