Ofsted praise Hartlepool social work
GOOD and effective support for social workers is helping them to protect children better, according to a team of Government inspectors.
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Munro takes up key strategic role at College of Social Work
The College of Social Work (TCSW) has today announced that Professor Eileen Munro CBE is to work with the recently launched organisation in the role of Transitional Chair for the College’s Children’s Faculty.
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Record number of adult social care apprentices
Adult social care employers are celebrating the achievements of a record number of apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week which kicks off this week.
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Shocking care standards at Southern Cross’s Scottish old folks home exposed
A HORRENDOUS catalogue of neglect, cruelty and abuse at nursing homes run by the collapsed care giants Southern Cross can be revealed today.
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Social work bosses to review case of carer whose mileage rate was slashed
A COUNCILLOR has intervened in the case of a Borders dad who claims he has been forced into debt because the petrol allowance he receives for conveying his disabled son to a special school in Dundee has been slashed, writes Andrew Keddie.
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SASW tells minister of concern at plans to abolish prison Visiting Committees
The Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW – part of BASW) has hit out at plans to abolish prison Visiting Committees, warning that “an essential part of the checks and balances for the care of prisoners will be lost” by the move, confirmed by minister for justice Kenny MacAskill late last year.
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Report praises Newport’s social services
IMPROVING customer service, collaborating with charities and working with ethnic groups to promote the safeguarding of children are among the strengths of Newport’s social services department, according to an inspection report.
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Cardiff Council social services departments criticised by watchdog
Cardiff Council’s under-fire social services departments have been hit by fresh criticism, this time by Wales’ care services watchdog.
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New council warning over costs of care for the elderly
Elderly care Council leaders in the East Midlands warn of the ‘unsustainable’ costs of residential care for the elderly
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Yorkshire and Humber councils to launch e-market for social care
New shared regional electronic marketplace programme for adult social care will allow the public to purchase a range of services online
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