Goverment leadership ‘urgently required’ to support care leavers
Too many young people in care are not receiving the support they need when they leave to start life on their own, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. The National
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Gove in call for prisoner education shake-up to tackle re-offending rates
Prisons are failing to effectively rehabilitate criminals, Michael Gove will say today as he laments Britain’s “horrifying” failure to reduce re-offending rates. The Justice Secretary will float the idea of
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Belfast lecture on ‘Safety in Partnership’ approach to family therapy
Leading journal of multi-disciplinary child care practice, ChildCare in Practice, is hosting a presentation by Dr David Hayes, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Queens University Belfast on the findings of
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New NHS controls unlikely to have much impact on agency spending
More than 60 per cent of NHS trust finance directors think controls on agency spending announced in June will not significantly reduce the amount spent on agency staff, according to
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ONS reveal dramatic rise in sexual offences reported to police
Crime figures ‘lowest since 1981’ but police stats show sex offences increase. Crime has fallen to its lowest level since 1981, according to the national victims’ survey, but police recorded
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Dozens of courts facing closure in justice system reforms
Dozens of courts could be closed under an overhaul of the justice estate. The Government has announced a consultation on proposals to shut 91 courts and tribunals in England and
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Home Office admits destroying Northern Ireland safeguarding records
Dozens of safeguarding records from Northern Ireland have been destroyed, the Home Office said. A total of 64 files on people seeking work with the vulnerable or children were scrapped
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IRISS publish new resources tackling homelessness prevention
Between June 2014 and April 2015, The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) led a project to explore the perceptions of, and approaches to, innovation in homelessness
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Flynn review finds care home owner should have been prosecuted
A highly critical review into alleged abuse at care homes in South Wales says the owner of two of the homes should have been prosecuted. The review of Operation Jasmine,
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Welsh providers hear call for improved status for social care profession
Social care should be given a much higher national status – as an industry of strategic importance on a par with roads and railways. That was the message from John
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