5 tips for managing your job search
When we go about looking for a new job, we usually do so in an ad hoc, haphazard way, without any targeted plan. Failing to search for a job efficiently
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Dealing with stress at work
One in five people suffer from workplace stress, indicating that this is not something to be taken lightly. If you are being overworked or have a tendency to get overstressed at work, it’s time to think about how to get back in control of your work and wellbeing so that there is some balance that you can bring back into play.
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Dumfries & Galloway Council Scrutiny Report
The SCSWIS scrutiny report on Dumfries & Galloway Council’s delivery of social work services.
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Webwatch – Social Media Week for the Third Sector
Glasgow is one of the cities hosting Social Media Week (#socialmediaweek), which will take place from 19-23 September 2011. The week will focus on exploring how local and regional societies, cultures and economies are becoming more integrated and empowered through a global network of communication.
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Promoting Excellence: A framework for all health and social services staff working with people with dementia, their families and carers
In June 2010, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy. NHS Education for Scotland ( NES) and the Scottish Social Services Council ( SSSC) then developed Promoting Excellence: A
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Evaluating models of care closer to home for children and young people who are ill
New research from SPRU provides evidence about delivering care closer to home (CCTH) for ill children. It looks at: the range and extent of current provision; the implications of CCTH
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Innovations in Dementia
Innovations in Dementia (CIC) was commissioned by the College of Social Work to talk to people with dementia and their carers as part of their ongoing consultation about the purpose
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A review of poverty and ethnicity in Scotland
A review of literature and datasets on ethnicity and poverty in Scotland. This study reviews literature and datasets to establish the main patterns, themes and issues from research on ethnicity
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Characteristics and Intentions of Immigrants to and Emigrants from Scotland – Review of Existing Evidence
The report reviewes available data on the characteristics of immigrants to, and emigrants from Scotland, and on migrant decision making and intentions.
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Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland: Action to support the change programme, Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy
People with dementia retain the same rights as anyone else in society but the nature of their illness means that they often have great difficulty in protecting their own rights.There
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