Webwatch – Pain Concern Carer Community
Are you a young carer, looking after a family member or friend with chronic pain? Pain Concern have recently set up a Young Adult Carers Forum for people aged 16-25
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Category: Features
Engage: How are life-chances of children at risk in the UK?
Five out of 1,000 children in the UK will not live until their fifth birthday, reports Dick Skellington. There is a growing scandal in British society we tend to turn
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Report: Social justice and Scottish independence
A report examined issues of social justice in the context of the debates around Scottish independence and today’s referendum. The report drew together arguments regarding: a post-independence Scottish currency; economic
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Report: Welfare conditionality in England and Scotland
A paper examined the efficacy and ethicality of conditional forms of welfare in England and Scotland, bringing together evidence collected during the initial stages of an ongoing study on the
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New Book: Survival in violent street gangs
Gang violence is on the increase in certain neighbourhoods. There is an urgent need for a fresh perspective that offers insight into gang structure, organisation and offending behaviour to explain
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Report: Costs of Adult Social Care in England
This Health and Social Care Information Centre summary provides information about the money spent on adult social care by the social services departments of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities
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9 Ways Your Friends Can Help You Get a Job
With friends like these, who needs a recruiter? If that’s not your immediate thought when you think about your pals in conjunction with your job search, perhaps it’s time for
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OU short course for those considering a career in social work
The Open University (OU) have developed a short course that will introduce you to the social work role and develop your understanding of some of the knowledge and theory associated
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Report: Scottish criminal justice since devolution
It has been claimed that paradoxically, following the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Scottish criminal justice policy, hitherto more liberal and less punitive than ‘south of the Border’,
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New Book – Ageing, meaning, and social structure
Ageing, meaning and social structure is a unique book advancing critical discourse in gerontology and makes a major contribution to understanding key social and ethical dilemmas facing ageing societies. It
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