Engage: Taking social care back to basics
The Care Act signalled the start of significant legislative changes within the public sector, and despite some delay, it has undoubtedly changed the landscape of social care in the UK.
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Starting a career in social care – Skills for Care resources
Skills for Care have produced a comprehensive resource providing case studies, careers advice and video information on the wealth of opportunities a career in care can offer. If you want
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Guidance: Help is at Hand for anyone bereaved by suicide
People who have been bereaved by suicide have used their experiences to lead the revision of a support guide to help others affected by someone taking their own life. Help
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Engage: We need to talk about social care providers
Amid growing concern that most NHS providers are sliding into deficit, arguably we should be even more worried about social care providers. This is a complex and sprawling sector –
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Psychological therapies practice guide for learning disabilities
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme aims to provide equitable access to NICE-recommended psychological therapies to people from all sectors of the community. There is evidence that people
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Consultation: New protections against wilful neglect of children (Scotland)
The Scottish Government is consulting on plans to introduce new legal protections against the ill-treatment or wilful neglect of Children under the age of 18 accessing services in Scotland. Views
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Inspection reports on further 56 adult care services in the North of England
In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 56 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the North that have
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Engage: The past, present and future of child poverty in Scotland
Over the coming weeks, the Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) will be running a short series of blogs on child poverty in Scotland from voices across the
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Report: Exploring concerns in child’s diagnosis of a learning disability
Over the years ENABLE Scotland has become increasingly aware of the gap in services to meet the challenges faced by parents at the early stages of a child’s diagnosis of
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Resources: Support for local action on health inequalities in England
The Marmot Review (2010) made a range of recommendations to reduce health inequalities in England. Building on the Review, the UCL Institute of Health Equity has produced 4 papers which
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