Poorer areas have been hardest hit by cuts to local government spending over the past five years, according to a think-tank. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found local
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Social Services Minister Jim Wells has paid tribute to Northern Ireland’s social workers following an event to recognise and celebrate excellence in social work practice. The fourth Regional Social Work
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The 2015 Social Work Awards, recognising the efforts of social workers and highlighting the positive impact of the profession, have taken place at a ceremony at Belfast City Hall yesterday.
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The social worker involved in the placement of a boy who stabbed foster carer Dawn McKenzie to death has defended his actions in the lead up to the tragedy. The
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Scotland’s First Minister has said she is “not convinced” by new legislation to allow assisted suicide. Speaking in an interview the Scottish Catholic Observer, Nicola Sturgeon said she believed the
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Social care for all over 65s would be free under the Greens, Natalie Bennett has announced. In a speech to the party’s spring conference in Liverpool, the party leader said
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Autism is almost entirely genetic in origin, according to new research which suggests the condition is more heritable than previously thought. Genetic influence on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was estimated
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The death of a four-year-old boy who was starved to death by his mother and left to decompose in his cot was not something police “could have reasonably been expected
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New proposals to strengthen the rights of people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions are to be put forward to the public to “end the horror of families
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The Troubles are directly associated with nearly half the cases of severe mental health issues in Northern Ireland, research revealed. Around 213,000 adults were badly affected by the trauma of
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