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Service change to benefit youngsters

By The South Wales Evening Post11th September 2012News Wales

CHILDREN in separated families will benefit from changes to child contact services in Wales, the Welsh Government’s Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has said.

Staffordshire County Council plans zero tolerance of poor care

By publiceservice.co.uk6th September 2012News England

Private care homes which fail to meet satisfactory standards will be named and shamed by a local authority under pioneering moves to improve social care services.

Child porn increases Halton social care caseload fivefold

By The Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News6th September 2012News England

REFERRALS to social services of youngsters at risk of sexual abuse have rocketed in Runcorn and Widnes due to young people being exposed to perverts who look at indecent images of children.

CQC consultation paper requests views on its plans for the next three years

By Iain MacDonald6th September 2012News England

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has released a consultation paper on its strategy for 2013-2016 asking for views on its plans for the next three years.

Circle: a low-cost model for 21st-century adult social care?

By The Guardian6th September 2012News England

An innovative project has the potential to grow into a replacement for existing services for older people, by Hilary Cottam

Inmates ‘bored and lack recreation’

By Iain MacDonald6th September 2012News Scotland

Boredom among prisoners and the poor quality of recreation is a concern at Scotland’s only open jail, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has warned.

41 job losses as Portstewart care home closes

By BBC6th September 2012News Northern Ireland

A care home in County Londonderry is to close with the loss of 41 jobs after its new owners decided the building does not meet required standards.

Blind school to run from single campus

By The Scotsman6th September 2012News Scotland

THE Royal Blind School is to close one of its campuses amid falling pupil numbers. The charity will merge all its facilities into a single campus at Canaan Lane in Edinburgh in 2014, closing the Craigmillar Park site it has operated since 1835.