Social Care has 22,000 jobs up for grabs each month
MORE than 22,000 jobs are on offer every month in the busy world of social care – and the numbers keep rising.
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Elderly ‘to pay more for social care’
The government has been accused of penalising the most vulnerable in society by campaigners after it froze the threshold for social care help.
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Dorset’s children’s services makes cuts to save £5.1m
A council which stopped funding a scheme supporting vulnerable families says its children’s services must save £5.1m over the next year.
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Wokingham Council hands social care to new company
The responsibility for social care in Wokingham will be handed over to a private company as the council takes steps to commission more of its services to outside bodies.
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500 Wirral social services staff go
MORE than 500 adult social services staff are among those leaving the council it has been revealed.
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BMA chief under pressure over NHS shake-up vote
The Scots leader of Britain’s doctors could be forced to step down amid a revolt over the Government’s planned shake-up of the NHS.
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Residents lose battle to halt Irvine social work offices moving in
CONTROVERSIAL plans to convert a sheltered housing unit into a social work office have been approved by North Ayrshire Council despite concerns about parking from nearby residents.
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Shamed Kilwinning care worker banned
A FORMER boys’ football club coach who bought drink for a 15-year-old and let him drive through a busy town centre has been banned from working with children for three years.
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Care home owner blamed for blaze that cost 14 lives
A NURSING home owner was yesterday blamed for the deaths of 14 elderly residents in a fire by the local health board’s legal team.
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Jobs freeze evidence in Northern Ireland
Evidence of cuts impacting on social work services in Northern Ireland is already emerging, despite any formal agreement on the budget for the coming year.
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