Personal Care at Home Bill
The Bill follows proposals announced earlier in the year in the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper to create a new National Care Service for social care. It
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Using better communication to further your career
Do you think communication is mostly done through words? What if you found out that communication is actually 70% non-verbal? That means it’s your body language including your movements, eyes
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My life as a carer
Looking after a relative with Alzheimer’s disease both opened Andrea Gillies’ eyes to the demands of the role and changed her as a person. She describes how she immortalised her
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Webwatch – Talking to under 18s
Nearly one in ten young people between the ages of 16 and 17 drink at least once a week due to boredom, according to a YouGov poll commissioned in July
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Social Exclusion Task Force: Lead professional reports
The Social Exclusion Task Force, with the 16 public service agreement partner departments, has published two reports on lead professionals. ‘Taking the Lead’, briefly summarises the role lead professionals can
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‘Advocacy makes you feel brave’: Advocacy support for children and young people in Scotland
This report presents the findings from a scoping study into advocacy support for children and young people in Scotland.
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Learning from the Past: Tackling worklessness and the social impacts of the recession
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Consultation on Draft Social Care Procurement Scotland Guidance
Social Care Procurement Guidance – A draft consultation for service users and carer involvement on social care procurement
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Learning from the Past: Tackling worklessness and the social impacts of the recession
This document argues that beating the social impacts of recession is crucial in preventing the downward spiral into long-term worklessness that the country has seen in the past. It outlines
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The Second Year of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service: 2008-09
The Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service was created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It started in 2007 and this is the annual report of its second year in operation.
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