Kirklees social worker sex case tribunal told of cash gifts
A VULNERABLE woman had sex with a former Kirklees social worker after he gave her cash to pay off loans, a conduct hearing has been told.
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A VULNERABLE woman had sex with a former Kirklees social worker after he gave her cash to pay off loans, a conduct hearing has been told.
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A single mother has been arrested for allegedly murdering her “severely autistic” son by poisoning him with bleach. Emergency services went to the family home in Barking, east London, after she dialled 999 on Tuesday night.
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Efforts to reach a secret cross-party agreement on the funding of social care collapsed yesterday amid acrimony after the Conservatives claimed Labour was planning to impose a £20,000 “death tax” to fund a national care service.
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More than 70 leaders of social care throughout England are warning that the Government’s plans to provide free home care are flawed, unfunded and will force cuts to current services.
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Health and social care provider Care UK’s management team is in advanced discussions with private equity house Bridgepoint Capital for a potential buyout.
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URGENT calls for the immediate recruitment of more child protection social workers in Leeds is an “unrealistic ambition” because of a lack of qualified people, according to a council chief.
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Britain’s largest local authority plans to shed up 2,000 jobs, freeze staff pay and reduce services in what is being seen as a foretaste of serious cuts to council budgets across the country.
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Radical proposals for a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for Gordon Brown’s social care plans may be endorsed by the government before the general election.
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Savings of £174m a year can be made if the government maintains short break funding for disabled children and their families beyond 2011, a report has claimed.
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The elderly will be given six weeks support so they can stay in their own homes after a stay in hospital, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.