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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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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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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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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Councils have been told to team-up so social services can be commissioned regionally. They have been given until the end of the year to come up with proposals by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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More than a third of social work students are experiencing placements they regard as irrelevant to social work and a similar amount are unable to secure a statutory position, according to a BASW – The College of Social Work poll that reveals widespread concerns about the quality of on-the-job training.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told the Sandhall Park Nursing and Residential Home that it is failing to meet essential standards in quality and safety and must take action to address concerns over care and welfare.
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TWO Hertfordshire County Council social workers have been disciplined for serious professional failings, with one struck off and the other suspended.
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All children’s homes are to undergo unannounced inspections from 1 April, under Ofsted’s inspection framework launched today.
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A judge has hit out at social services after a benefit fraud trial in Londonderry had to be put back because of delays caused by the big freeze in December.
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