Engage: Making Connections – The role of early help in social care
One of the key points made in the recently published ADCS report, Pillars & Foundations: Next practice in children’s services, was a call for the sector to become much more
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Engage: How paedophiles speak to children online
The internet has transformed our lives. As of July 2016, around 40% of the world’s population was online – that’s nearly 3.5 billion internet users. Since it was created, the
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Engage: Recruitment – Radical solutions to the ageing ‘care crisis’
When hair-dressing or estate agency are booming we hear about the benefits. When social care is booming, we only tend to hear about the costs. The miracle of longevity is
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Engage: What social care employers need to know about zero hours contracts
The number of care workers on zero-hours contracts has jumped from one in 10 of the sector’s workforce to one in seven in the past year, according to an analysis
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Engage: In praise of those providing care and support in Wales
Children and adults with disabilities and health conditions, no matter how complex, want to receive their care and support at home and in their local communities. This is what is
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Engage: What it really feels like when a loved one goes missing
Each year, more than 250,000 missing person reports are made to the police in the UK alone. The loss can have a profound emotional effect on the families left behind,
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Engage: New Cardiff office will give voice to victims and survivors of sexual abuse
I am delighted to be opening the Inquiry office in Wales this week and speaking directly with some of the organisations who provide support for victims and survivors of child
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Engage: Sexuality and social work – how is the social worker doing?
For more than 10 years now I have been working as a social worker assisting sex workers. Humanitas PMW in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a NGO that offers specialized support
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Engage: Child migrants taken to Britain – now they need support and psychological care
Hundreds of unaccompanied child asylum seekers are being taken to Britain, moved from a camp in Calais, northern France, as its closure begins. There were 387 unaccompanied minors in the
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Engage: Kindness Matters – Exploring the power of everyday words and actions
Gradually it comes into focus, when you step back from the routine. Words and acts of kindness – even very small – are part of what makes us human and
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