Launch of new Code for Welsh care professionals
The Care Council for Wales (CCW) has launched a new Code of Professional Practice which sets the standards for all social workers and social care practitioners working in Wales and
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Girls ‘seen as prostitutes’ rather than grooming victims
Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said. Alan Billings, South Yorkshire police and
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UK 24th on world maternity rankings
Women in the UK are more than twice as likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth as those in Poland, Austria or Belarus, according to a charity. Save the Children’s
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£300K study explores physical activity for people with dementia
A £300,000 research study into how personalised physical activity could improve the lives of people with dementia living in care homes has been launched this week. The three-year programme will
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UWS launch DVD to help carers of people with Dementia
University of the West of Scotland (UWS) officially launched a new DVD, which will provide invaluable support and advice for carers of the person with advanced dementia, this week at
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NI community events hope to bring generations together
Linking Generations NI (LGNI), with funding from the Public Health Agency (PHA), is coordinating a series of events to bring old and young people together to share their experiences. Over
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Social workers must speak out against austerity
Social workers must collectively speak out as a profession against the damage austerity is doing to society’s most vulnerable citizens, the Chair of the British Association of Social Workers said.
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RGU secures second accolade for support of care leavers
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark for a further two years for its continued work to widen access to higher education for care leavers.
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Cuts so acute schools becoming ‘mini welfare states’
Schools are becoming “mini welfare states” spending millions of pounds a year on supporting poor children and plugging funding gaps in public services, headteachers are warning. The vast majority of
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Former Children’s Panel chairman guilty of sexual abuse
A former children’s panel chairman has been found guilty of sexually abusing two vulnerable boys and a young man. Daniel Ross, 62, was found guilty of six sexual abuse charges
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