Care workers should be exempt from ISA charge, say de Poel
CARE workers should be exempt from ISA registration charges, according to the UK’s number-one procurer of temporary agency labour for care, de Poel.
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Controversial child services ‘would get clean bill of health’
MORAY’S child protection service, which was criticised in a damning report in February, would now be given “a clean bill of health”, a councillor has claimed.
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Outcry over plans to cut Bolton youth services
MEMBERS of Bolton’s biggest trade union have reacted angrily to council plans to make significant cuts to local youth services. The Bolton Metro branch of Unison has announced it is launching a campaign to defend what it maintains are vital services for young people in Bolton.
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Dumfries & Galloway Council’s social work chief fails to rule out ARC closure
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s social work boss has given his strongest indication yet that centres for adults with learning disabilities will be closed.
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Social work boss accused of dumping secret dossier told he can return to his job
A SOCIAL work boss accused of stealing a secret file and leaving it on a shelf in Tesco has been told he can return to work. Manager John Brittan, 41, al legedly took documents containing information about a social work client.
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Council apologises for failing to identify abused teenager
Middlesbrough’s director of children’s services has led apologies for the council’s failure to identify that a teenager with life-threatening health problems was being abused.
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Mental health group hits out at Angus Council move
Angus Mental Health Association has hit out at the pre-qualifying process that led to its exclusion from the local authority’s mental health tendering process.
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Four-month-old baby treated for severe bruising and fractures
A four-month-old baby is being treated in hospital for severe bruising and fractures.The little girl was admitted to the Ulster Hospital in Belfast two weeks ago after being taken into Accident and Emergency by members of her family.
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‘At risk’ numbers rise after Baby P uproar
THE number of children being placed on the “at-risk” register by social services has leapt in the wake of the Baby P tragedy, it has emerged.
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Elderly man arrested for death of elderly woman in UK care home
A ninety-two-year old woman has died in suspicious circumstances at a care home in Dartmouth, Devon, UK. Police have arrested an eighty-two-year old man in connection with her death.
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