Engage: If not now, when? The long overdue promise of social care reform
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised to ‘fix the crisis in social care once and for all, with a clear plan that we have prepared’. But
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Report: State of the Nation report indicates alarming rise in social care demand – Access Social Care
Access Social Care, a charity providing free legal advice for people with social care needs, has released their inaugural State of the Nation report which reveals that demand for social
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Engage: What this hundred-year-old sex trafficking case tells us about modern exploitation and justice
In January 1910, a 16-year-old girl named Lydia Harvey boarded a steamship in Wellington, New Zealand, bound for Buenos Aires. She had been recruited by a pimp to work in
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Webwatch: New survey suggests accessing mental health support online has pros and cons
Most people who turned to digital mental health services during the pandemic would have preferred face-to-face care, but many liked shorter waiting times and convenient appointments, according to new data.
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Increasing number of young girls being coerced into filming their own sexual abuse, experts warn
Online sexual predators are increasingly coercing young girls into filming their own sexual abuse, internet safety experts have warned. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) confirmed 68,000 cases of self-generated child
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Engage: Defining leadership and culture in a complex social care environment
If you search for the word ‘leadership’, Google will predictably throw up a plethora of articles, how tos, and motivational quotes about how to inspire your workforce. While the vast
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Webwatch: Social media encryption plan puts progress against child sexual abuse ‘in jeopardy’
The Home Secretary has warned that Facebook’s plan to end-to-end encrypt private messaging across its apps could put progress in preventing child sexual abuse “at jeopardy”. At a virtual event
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Engage: What makes a job meaningful and why that matters
One of the most iconic memories of the first lockdown of the pandemic is the sound of applause echoing across our cities and towns each week as the people of
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Webwatch: Online NHS campaign to help men over 40 reduce risk of diabetes
A new online campaign encouraging men aged 40 and over who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes to sign up for support has been launched by the NHS.
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Engage: How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who make up six out of ten COVID-19 related deaths in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics.
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