As part of ‘Bright Start’, the NI Executive’s Strategy for Affordable and Integrated Childcare, the Health and Social Care Board & DHSSPS, has developed a free Childcare and Family Support
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A private nursing home for the elderly in County Fermanagh is to close at the end of the month with up to 40 full and part-time staff set to lose
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) 2014 Practice Teaching Symposium will be of interest to Practice Teachers, On-site Supervisors, Tutors and Service Users with an interest in social work
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Online Registration Portal for registrants and employers is now open. This service allows social care workers to apply for registration, pay fees, update
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Northern Ireland’s health regulator has said it accepts the findings of a report that criticised how it handled a complaint about a County Antrim nursing home. The RQIA was criticised
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGB&T) Health and Social Care Staff Forum has won the Social Partnership Forum award for partnership working with trade unions at the UK-wide Healthcare
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A Safeguarding Board public awareness campaign to tackle the issue of Child Sexual Exploitation in Northern Ireland has begun. The campaign ‘The More You Know, The More You See’ aims
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Information aimed at children and young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing emotional or mental health problems is now only a click away. Health Minister Edwin
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The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is set to take a mental health charity to court in an attempt to forcibly remove it from Hillsborough Castle. Praxis Care has run the
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Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister David Ford has welcomed the positive impact of the Registered Intermediaries Schemes in assisting vulnerable victims, witnesses and defendants in communicating more effectively. The Schemes began
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