Why recuritment agencies aren’t always the best way
Even though a recruitment agency takes a cut on your salary or hourly rate they are not working in your best interest – instead they are doing the employer’s bidding.
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Beyond the Internet – Six additional strategies to uncover job opportunities
Many job seekers may use the internet to uncover job opportunities and this approach is and will continue to be a popular way to find job and career opportunities. However,
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Training care home staff to use Talking Mats® with people who have dementia
It can be difficult for carers and people with dementia to communicate. In recognition of this, JRF funded the development and delivery of a project in 2008/2009 that would train
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Personalisation briefing: Implications for user-led organisations (ULOs)
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Services that Manage the Care Needs of Drunk and Incapable People: A Review of the Literature
Reviews the worldwide literature on services that exist to manage the care needs of drunk and incapable people. Undertaken as part of a larger study on services for drunk and
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Personalisation briefing: Implications for user-led organisations (ULOs)
This At a glance briefing examines the implications of the personalisation agenda for user-led organisations. Personalisation means thinking about care and support services in an entirely different way. This means
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Review of the Scottish Helpline for Older People
This study assesses the development of the Scottish Helpline for Older People; explores the aims of the service and whether they are still relevant and whether it is best placed
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Taskforce on the Health Aspects of Violence Against Women and Girls
This is a letter from Deputy Director of Cross Government Programmes, Stakeholder and Partner Relationships Claire Phillips. It seeks views from a wide range of stakeholders on the Department of
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Health and Social Care Workers and Pandemic Influenza: Information for staff who are pregnant or in other at-risk groups
Some individuals are at increased risk of severe or complicated illness if they suffer from influenza. This guidance gives advice on protecting healthcare employees who are pregnant or in one
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Alcohol prevention programmes: A review of the literature for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (part two)
Reviews what interventions have been attempted to try to prevent excessive use of alcohol by young people, summarises the findings and suggests how a universal prevention programme might be delivered.
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