Autism charity lands £600k boost from Big Lottery Fund
A CHARITY providing life-changing support to children with autism have been awarded £605,903 by the Big Lottery Fund.
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Category: Care News
BBC Newsnight crisis: Charities warn of damage to child abuse victims
Charity chiefs have warned that the scandal surrounding BBC Newsnight’s investigation into the child abuse which took place at a Welsh care home, leading to a senior Tory being wrongly named on social media, could deeply damage the chances of more victims coming forward.
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Mobile knowledge and learning – free workshops
Following on from the launch of the UK project to develop mobile learning resources and increase the skill base in the sector to develop such resources, we are pleased to announce that IRISS (the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services) has been commissioned to run four, hands-on workshops across Scotland.
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Young care worker praised at Welsh care awards for helping dying man
A young care worker was praised at the Wales Care Awards for her compassion in helping a dying man and awarded the most exceptional newcomer in Wales’ social care sector.
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Don’t just blame staff – companies must be ‘accountable’ for care home failings
Private companies which get public money to run care homes will be made “corporately accountable” for poor standards, the Care Services minister has pledged.
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The Waterhouse Inquiry: the original investgation into Welsh child abuse
The Waterhouse Inquiry was ordered by William Hague, then Welsh secretary in 1996.
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Jimmy Savile linked to Bryn Estyn child abuse allegations
JIMMY Savile has been linked to allegations of abuse at the Bryn Estyn care home, according to reports.
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Frontline can help rebrand social work
A proposed scheme called Frontline aims to improve social work’s image and attract the best recruits to the profession, by Josh MacAlister
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Child protection system failing to listen to teenagers, say MPs
Schools and social workers too often distracted by at-risk adolescents’ sometimes disruptive behaviour, report says
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Care home bosses banned after losing £60,000 of vulnerable residents’ savings
Two care home bosses have been banned from being directors after the savings of vulnerable residents – totalling nearly £60,000 – was lost when the nursing home went bust.
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