Councillors in Fife have agreed the local authority should remain a direct provider of residential care services, although questions remain about the long-term future of several council-run care homes.
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Social Services Knowledge Scotland website – www.ssks.org.uk – has just re-launched with lots of new helpful features designed to support the sector.
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ELDERLY residents have been left in tears over plans which could mean the closure of their residential home and the “tearing apart” of their community in their final days, the staff who care for them have revealed.
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An intervention board has been withdrawn after inspectors found “real improvements” at Swansea’s child and family services.
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Children in care in the Isle of Man could be suffering because improvements to social services have been too slow, according to MHK Chris Robertshaw.
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300,000 more elderly will need care in next four years – and so will 70,000 more people of working age
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WIRRAL’S director of adult social services is to retire after six years’ service. John Webb, who joined Wirral Council in 2004 and became director of adult social services in 2007, is taking early voluntary retirement.
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A FORMER care home director has been jailed for 22 months after stealing nearly £50,000 from an elderly resident in order to keep her struggling business afloat.
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BASW England’s Mental Health Group has produced a report on the experiences of social workers in multi disciplinary mental health teams, highlighting a mixed picture of support for practitioners, with those receiving excellent backing overshadowed by those getting nothing at all from their employers.
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Ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review, JRF commissioned Ipsos MORI to look into the views and perceptions of local authorities and service user/carer organisations as they prepare for the challenges they now face.
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