A SUPPORT worker was invited to Buckingham Palace after winning an award for his hard work. Brian Lane from Llandudno has been awarded the prestigious City and Guilds Medal for Excellence.
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CARERS and campaigners are angry and disappointed by a decision to axe funding for a dementia care service in Flintshire.
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RESIDENTS in East Sussex will have better access to adult social care and health information from this month.
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AN OUTSPOKEN Labour councillor has quit the Isle of Wight Council’s social care scrutiny panel, branding it useless and ineffective.
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After an election campaign in which social care failed to register on the political radar, its inclusion in the coalition’s programme for government will be welcomed.
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Ofsted has produced a new report that evaluates the range and effectiveness of the arrangements for education and training for several categories of young people: those identified for their likelihood of offending; young offenders who move into custodial establishments then are transferred between different establishments while in custody; and those who move between custody and the community.
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The General Social Care Council (GSCC) conduct committee has ignored public pressure for punitive sanctions against two social workers involved in the Baby Peter case by only suspending them from the register for a short period.
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Scotland’s system which examines the perpetrator and the victim might be better for handling cases of pre-teen crime writes Douglas Balloch
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Aberdeen’s social work chief has praised staff for turning around the city’s community service system less than a year after it was criticised by a sheriff.
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A DISABILITY forum which gave advice to Rutherglen and Cambuslang residents has been forced to shut down after funding was withdrawn.
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