Does the supply of social work practice placements meet demand?
Research from the General Social Care Council investigates the provision of practice placements for social work students
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Inspectors report concern at Cambridge care home’s standards
A care home for young disabled people failed to meet essential standards of care according to a health and social care watchdog.
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Social worker wanted mum to strip off, tribunal told
A SOCIAL worker told a mother he would write a good report on her if she served him tea and beer naked, a tribunal heard yesterday.
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Haringey social services under fire as new report raises fresh fears about child protection
A damning report has revealed 10 children suffered years of neglect in Haringey and sparked calls for a new investigation into social services in the borough.
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Man fed dog biscuits at BUPA’s Kirknowe Nursing Home in Wishaw
A MEMBER of staff was sacked from Kirknowe Care Home after feeding a resident a dog biscuit – the second shocking story to emerge from the Wishaw facility in as many weeks.
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Teenage girls’ deaths in suicide pact from Erskine Bridge ‘avoidable’
An inquiry into a suicide pact between two teenage girls has found their deaths “may have been avoided”.
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Family tell of shock that Erskine bridge suicide pact girl was being bullied at care centre
THE family of a teenager who jumped from a bridge in a suicide pact with a friend said they were “shocked and surprised” to hear she had ben bullied at the centre where she was being cared for.
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Wishaw family believe care home’s botched implant killed sister
THE owners of Kirknowe Nursing Home in Wishaw launched an investigation – after a staff nurse gave a 69-year-old woman an implant for prostate cancer – then failed to record the shocking blunder.
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Social workers are screen stars in recruitment drive
SOCIAL workers have turned video stars to try to get some new recruits to join their overstretched teams.
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Report exposes poor recovery care for stroke survivors
People who survive a stroke are unable to make the best possible recovery because of poor post-hospital care and a lack of coordination between health and social services, a report claims.
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