Webwatch – Getting In On The Act (Wales)
A new online hub that provides information and training to help social care professionals implement the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act has gone live. Under the banner of ‘Getting
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Category: Features
Developing evidence-enriched practice in health and social care with older people
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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Report: Peer Support – What Is It and Does It Work?
Peer support has great potential to boost person centred care and is greatly valued by people who take part in it says Nesta and National Voices as they launch the
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Reports: Ofsted social care survey collection
Ofsted carries out an annual programme of survey reports alongside its main inspection programme of providers. The survey programme serves a range of purposes. Depending on the subject chosen, a
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Guidance: Realigning Children’s Services programme (Scotland)
The Scottish Government has written to community planning partnerships (CPPs) offering support for the development of joint strategic commissioning of children’s services. The programme aims to shift expenditure on children’s
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Engage: What impact does the rising employment rate have on poverty?
Labour Market Statistics released yesterday show employment is at its highest since records began, and unemployment is decreasing rapidly, says Catherine Davie. But what impact does this have on poverty?
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Consultation: Reforming law to address domestic abuse & sexual offences
Equally safe is a consultation on proposals including to create specific offences concerning domestic abuse and the introduction of statutory jury directions in sexual offence cases. The Scottish Government is
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Resources: Adult social care tools for organisational change
The Health Services Management Centre and Middlesex University London have published a compendium of approaches and tools for organisational change within adult social care. Funded by the NIHR School for
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Resources: End Of Life Care range of material and guidance
A new range of resources developed as part of the ‘Working Together, improving end of life care through better integration’ project has been launched to encourage people to talk about
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Report: Cafcass care demand statistics by local authority – April
Statistics released by Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, show that in April 2015 Cafcass received a total of 946 care applications, representing a 18% increase
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