Baby P father suing over ‘gravest libel imaginable’
The natural father of Baby P is suing the publishers of a Sunday newspaper for £130,000 damages for printing “one of the gravest libels imaginable”.
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Why it’s right that social work students should be registered with the GSCC
Regulation means that a student dismissed from one course cannot start another without the provider being made aware. By David Rowland
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‘I don’t feel human’ – shocking testimony from the Children’s Society
The Children’s Society have published a report, I Don’t Feel Human, about the shocking levels of destitution among refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people in the UK.
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‘Postcode lottery’ over childcare in Scotland
Scottish parents are facing some of the highest childcare costs in Britain, according to two children’s charities.
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Reform and Local Government in Scotland inquiry
The Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW – part of BASW) has urged the government to embrace flexible and creative solutions to public sector reform in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for service users.
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Government rolling out £6m self-directed support programme
A new partnership is being formed to support efforts to give people who receive social care increased independence and the ability to direct their own care needs.
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‘Dignity’ inspections in hundreds of care homes within weeks
A team of inspectors is to be sent into hundreds of care homes within to check whether elderly people are being treated with dignity.
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Youth services hit as Salford City Council slashes budget by £24million
Funding for youth services was slashed by £1.3million, after losing £1.7million this time last year, making it one of the bigger casualties of the latest Labour budget.
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Baby Peter social workers made ‘serious errors’
Two of Baby Peter’s social workers are said to have committed a “serious error of judgement” during an incident which saw him “disappear” for 12 days.
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Labour ‘must take fiscally responsible route to solve care crisis’
Shadow social care minister Liz Kendall says transforming care and support for older people is top priority for Labour
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