A CARE worker who claimed benefits totalling over £60,000 has been jailed. Joy Rukyemampunzi, of Saint Dunstan’s Close, Hayes, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and ordered to pay £10,000 in compensation to Hillingdon Council after admitting to five counts of benefit fraud.
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TWENTY new jobs could be created in the Selby area if plans to expand a care home are approved. The Mansion House Nursing Home in Main Road, Drax, intends to extend its premises to provide a new unit for dementia patients.
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Plans have been unveiled for what has been dubbed the UK’s first social enterprise hotel. Proposed for Inverness, it would offer training for vulnerable young people to work in the hospitality industry and gain experience and qualifications.
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The Scottish Government has revealed that over 5,000 NHS staff in Scotland will be trained to encourage victims to ‘open up’ about domestic abuse.
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After a successful pilot in Inverclyde, a campaign to make young people aware of the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife will be rolled out to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Clackmannanshire.
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VALLEYS councillors voted against plans to close a residential care home. At a Blaenau Gwent council meeting, councillors recommended a Tredegar residential home stay open for the forseeable future.
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FEMALE offenders who often suffer from severe long-term problems such as sexual abuse are more likely to re-offend.
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A SOCIAL worker who admitted failings across the whole range of his practice, while part of a team working with Blaenau Gwent’s most vulnerable children, is beginning a two-year suspension.
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COST-CUTTING council chiefs want to spend £13,000 on a staff party. The Big Thank You event at the Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries takes place at the end of September for the social work department.
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SIGNIFICANT progress is being made in improving services for those with dementia and their carers, according to health chiefs and councils across the region.
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