In July 2015, the University of Birmingham released a report ‘Micro-Enterprises: Small enough to care?’ The report summarised the findings of a two year evaluation of micro-enterprises in social care
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Cornerstone is one of the largest care providers in Scotland, providing services to children and adults in 20 of the country’s 32 local authority areas. With a turnover of almost
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Social care may be the poor relation of healthcare with regard to research funding, but it’s something of a myth that it is not evidence-based, says Research in Practice Director
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The use of temporary agency staff in the NHS is not a new story, but recently re-appeared after Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, admitted that hospitals were over
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Social workers have to complete many important yet time-consuming administrative tasks to support vulnerable children and families. Phil Neal looks at the technology that could help free them from their
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We know that up to two-thirds of the people turning to the foodbank for help are having problems with the benefits system. That’s why since August 2013, a Child Poverty
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As leaders from the nine Integrated Personal Commissioning demonstrator sites meet to share early learning, Dr Linda Collie, Clinical Executive at NHS Portsmouth CCG, explains how working together with Portsmouth
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When young people leave care, the transition can be fraught with difficulties which can continue well into adulthood, and even for life. The continuity of consistent relationships throughout a young
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A woman claims her arthritis and skin condition have been cured and her cancer reversed after she listened to “musical medicine”. Katy Meiklem, from Fife, suffered progressive ill health for
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An innovative project looking at how evidence can be used to enrich practice, based on research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) A Better Life programme, has released its findings.
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