Report: Named Social Worker Pilot – SCIE interim report launched
People with autism, learning disabilities and mental health issues – and their carers – often have to face the challenge of having a lack of continuity of social workers. It
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Guidance: Child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners (DH)
Child sexual exploitation is a crime with devastating and long lasting consequences for its victims and their families. Childhoods and family life can be ruined and this is compounded when
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New book aims to offer fresh insights for social workers and psychologists
A new book, written by two academics at the University of Worcester, aims to encourage social workers to get back to the ‘personal’ touch. Social work has become increasingly depersonalised
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Report: New evidence of the impact of nurseries on children’s outcomes
Attending a nursery with highly qualified staff or an outstanding Ofsted rating has a limited benefit for children’s educational achievement, according to new research by lead authors at the University
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Resources: Materials to support health and social work in situations of coercive control
New open access learning resources for social workers, safeguarding leads and health and social care practitioners, provide information and guidance on how to recognise and respond to coercive and controlling
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Engage: Five ways to improve physical health of people severe mental illness
People with severe mental illness (SMI) often have poorer physical health than the general population as they are more likely to experience unnecessary health inequalities and are unable to access
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Webwatch: Skills for Health launch social media toolkit for healthcare sector
Skills for Health has launched a comprehensive social media toolkit for the UK healthcare sector, providing healthcare organisations and professionals with sector-specific insight, advice and best practice on using social
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Take your first steps into health & social care with a course at Greenwich
Expert advice for careers in nursing, health, social care and more is on offer at the next University of Greenwich Health & Social Care Open Evening. There are two events,
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Engage: Remember the real lives behind Government U-Turn on Dubs amendment
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has added its name to the growing criticism of the Government’s decision to change the arrangements for the care and resettlement of certain
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Webwatch: University team developing tool to monitor Brexit-related hate crime
Researchers have been awarded a £250,000 grant to help the Government monitor Brexit-related hate crime on social media. A team at Cardiff University is to develop a monitoring tool that
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