Adult social care cuts in Sussex on agenda at Chichester
THE impact of the controversial changes to adult social care provided by West Sussex County Council will be assessed by the Adults’ Services Select Committee next week.
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Social worker cleared of rapes as jury returns not guilty verdicts on all charges
A SOCIAL worker accused of a campaign of historic sexual abuse at a Northamptonshire children’s home has been acquitted of all the allegations.
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New child safety team takes reigns in Peterborough
THE new sector-led team for Peterborough City Council’s childcare services has been finalised, after a departmental shake-up following a damning Ofsted report.
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Report on homelessness highlights ‘dangerous thinking’ about adult care
BASW has reacted with ‘dismay but not surprise’ to a new report that revealed housing support workers are being forced to fill the gap left by adult social workers and undertake a range of tasks that they are neither qualified nor trained for.
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Tougher care home inspection regime announced
Scottish care homes will get at least one unannounced inspection a year, under plans to toughen up the system.
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Cuts ‘trap the disabled at home’
Disabled people have become prisoners in their own home due to cuts in welfare payments and support services, it has been claimed.
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Dundee care worker cleared of assaulting elderly woman in his care
A Dundee care worker has been acquitted of assaulting an elderly resident in his care.
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Council slams Scope Cymru report over disability provision
BRIDGEND council has slammed a report which claimed the borough is among the three worst areas in Wales to cope with cuts to disability allowances.
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Another Southern Cross ‘unlikely’ says Ronald Mair
The collapse of care home operator Southern Cross is “not a scenario” that would apply to the majority of care providers in Scotland, the national body for the industry has said.
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Couple jailed for harassing Gwynedd social worker
A COUPLE who harassed a social worker have been jailed. Gethin Wyn Williams, 43, of Pont y Waun, Waunfawr was jailed for 15 months and his partner, Sally Victoria Jensen,
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