BASW has called for a renewed emphasis on joint working between professionals after inspectors in Wales criticised the directors of social services and education at a council over its handling of allegations of abuse made against school staff.
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The health minister is looking into creating new policy to ensure the protection of vulnerable adults in care.
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A social care scheme piloted in Swindon and praised by the prime minister is being rolled out across the country.
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Hundreds of pensioners in Sheffield could see the cost of their care increase three-fold.
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TWO day centres which provide care to people with mental health difficulties in Wycombe and Amersham are set to close at the end of the month.
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CHILDREN’S services in Suffolk have been given good marks by inspectors after an unannounced visit by an Ofsted team.
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SOCIAL services are refusing to send patients to a Hampshire nursing home after inspectors found it was providing sub-standard care in squalid conditions.
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SOCIAL services for vulnerable children in Hampshire are ‘outstanding’, according to a glowing report from Ofsted.
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Castlebeck closes Arden Vale, a centre for people with learning disabilities and mental health
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BASW has questioned the level of managerial support given to a social worker cleared of misconduct in a case centred on her failure to inform her employer that she was facing personal difficulties that may have affected her work.
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