Webwatch: My NHS – Care homes added to comparison website
The performance of care homes in England can now be compared on a NHS website. Families can leave reviews in the style of the travel website TripAdvisor and also see
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Engage: Hard Evidence – are more children going into care?
Are more children going into care than ever before? According to recent government data, the number of children in care in England has reached a 30-year high. The claim is
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Webwatch: New online learning tool to support substance use workers
An innovative online learning tool on substance use has been launched by health and social care experts at Manchester Metropolitan University. Funded by Health Education North West, the open educational
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Engage: Talent time bomb heading for the social care sector
The demand for older and more experienced social workers is on the rise. That’s the finding of our Social Care Index (SCI) which analyses trends based on over 30,000 temporary
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Report: HSCIC – Learning Disability Census 2015
Almost half of inpatients (1,450 or 48 per cent) with learning disabilities in specialist inpatient units on 30 September 2015 were also receiving inpatient care at the time of previous
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Resources: Autism Guides for Health and Social Care workers launched
Skills for Care and Skills for Health have published three guides aimed at helping to support adults and children on the autism spectrum. The guides have been developed with people
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Get your career in Scottish care started with ‘Life Changing Work’ resource
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have produced a new resource packed with case studies and careers advice on what it’s like to work in social care in Scotland. ‘Care
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Guidance: HSC Integration handbook for 3rd sector professionals (Scotland)
A new publication aims to help Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) consider different approaches to developing the third sector’s role in health and social care integration at a local level. The
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Webwatch: ScOPTbox – Practice learning library
ScOPTbox is a curated collection of resources for social workers and others involved in supporting learning in the workplace in Scotland. It has been developed by the Scottish Organisation for
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Resources: New publications on Child Protection, Mental Health, Kinship Care from RiP
Research in Practice (RiP) have published a series of new publications which examine how we can meaningfully involve children and young people, gain a better understanding of adolescent mental health,
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