A major review of the child protection system will slash the bureaucracy faced by social workers to allow them to spend more time building relationships with vulnerable families, the government announced today.
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The Carebase care group have won the Care Employer 2010 Award at this year’s annual Great British National Care Awards.
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A man aged 83 has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of another resident aged 92 at a Devon care home.
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Some local authorities are now working to an updated doomsday financial forecast. According to the chief executive of the nation’s largest council – Glasgow’s George Black – a realistic scenario is a 20% cut and the impact on the public would be devastating.
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Administrators for two Scottish nursing homes are looking for buyers for the businesses, as their elderly residents begin searches for new homes, after the company behind the homes went into administration.
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The review of children’s social work launched today by Professor Eileen Munro will consider how social work teams can collaborate with universal children’s services to bolster early intervention work.
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THE board which carried out a review into alleged abuse and neglect at a care home has defended its report.
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Central and local government are today challenged to use social care funding more smartly to deliver better care for Britain’s ageing population.
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Illegal gangmasters are expanding into new industries such as care homes, construction and the restaurant trade to take advantage of a loophole in the law.
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MSPs have voted to allow women to benefit from a Stirlingshire care home that has been restricted to men since it opened 150 years ago.
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