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The NHS Scotland Releasing Time to Care (RTC) Community of Practice (CoP) website is for all clinicians and colleagues from Health and Social Care settings around NHSScotland who are working
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The case for care leave: families, work and the ageing population
As society faces the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population, longer life expectancies and extended working lives, more and more people are trying to manage work alongside caring for
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Career Profile – Registered Care Home Manager
Care home managers are responsible for the day-to-day running of residential care homes. They oversee all activities within the home and make sure the quality of the service and care
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Care leavers and benefits: Giving good advice leaflet
Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) have produced a factsheet explaining the special benefit rules affecting some young care leavers. Many 16 and 17-year-olds who
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Career Profile – Care Assistant
If you enjoy helping people and want to make a difference to their lives, this job could be just what you are looking for. As a care assistant you would
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Career Profile – Mental Health Nurse
If you’re a good communicator and want to help people with mental health problems, a job in mental health could be perfect for you. Mental health nurses work in hospitals
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Family support in Scotland
A report examined whole-family support in Scotland for families facing multiple disadvantage. It said that their lives were often complex and that the best services worked with that complexity, but
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Maxed Out: Serious personal debt in Britain
Millions of people in the UK are currently struggling under the weight of their personal debt. Squeezed household budgets, the rising cost of living and a stagnant economy have pushed
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Findings series 39 – Poverty, parenting and poor health
There is a considerable amount of evidence that early years’ and childhood experiences can have profound and long-lasting consequences for health and wellbeing in later life. This briefing paper summarises
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Career Profile – Community Development Worker
If you can build good relationships with people, and you believe in the advantages of having a strong community, this job could suit you. As a community development worker, you
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