Report: Cutting Red Tape Review of adult social care
Coordinating regulators activities in the adult social care sector: to tackle poor provision and to boost the time good providers can give over to caring for residents. The report from
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Consultation: BASW seeks views on health and social work integration
BASW is seeking practitioners’ views on one of the biggest issues facing social workers in England today – the integration of health and social care. The Association wants the voice
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Guidance: Transition from children’s to adult services (NICE)
This guideline covers the period before, during and after a young person moves from children’s to adults’ services. It aims to help young people and their carers have a better
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Engage: Dementia – a growing problem with growing solutions
Friday 4 March sees the fifth Plymouth Dementia Conference at the Guildhall in the city. Each year has seen the event grow, not just in size but also in influence.
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Webwatch: New cancer App launched for health professionals
A new app which will help GPs, pharmacists and other health professionals with referrals for patients suspected of having cancer has been launched. The app, developed with health professionals and
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Resources: Updated template to help social workers prepare for court
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have launched an updated template for local authority social workers to
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Resources: New safeguarding leaflet to help elderly at risk of abuse
Older people’s charity, Independent Age, has published a new leaflet to help the elderly, their families and carers recognise the signs of abuse and understand where to go for help.
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Engage: Welfare Bill risks making poor children ‘invisible’
We are seeing a watershed moment in the way that the UK Government deals with child poverty, as Parliament decides whether to give final assent to the Welfare Reform and
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Long term career goals – the path to success
Setting long term career goals is by far the best way to guide your career into the future that you want. By setting your sights on where you want to
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Health & care service managers among professions working most unpaid overtime
Millions of workers put in £31.5 billion of unpaid overtime last year, a new study has shown. More than five million people worked an average of 7.7 extra hours a
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