Engage: Valuing The Workforce – Alan Baird, Chief Social Work Adviser
The past few weeks has seen considerable attention being paid to the value placed on a workforce, which in Scotland, is now in excess of 200,000. One in every thirteen
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Survey: Finding and keeping workers impact survey – Skills For Care
Skills for Care would like to find out more about the effectiveness and impact of the Finding and keeping workers online resource, and how it has helped you with your
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Webwatch: Streetwise – Helping people discharged from secure mental health services into community
Researchers from City, University of London have developed a serious game in collaboration with mental health service users to support and prepare people being discharged from secure mental health services
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Guidance: Updated advice to improve support for parents with learning disabilities
Updated advice on how to work with parents who have learning difficulties has been issued by the Working Together with Parents Network (WPTN), led by the University of Bristol. Government
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Video: Dementia Learning & Development Framework – Northern Ireland
Colum Conway of the Northern Ireland Social Care Council discusses the value of the framework in setting good practice for people who work in social care in NI. The framework
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Report: Adoptions, outcomes and placements for looked after children in Wales
An annual report which presents information on those on care orders and other children provided with accommodation by their local authority. Key points 5,662 children were looked after on 31
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Reports: Three reports providing official adult social care statistics from NHS Digital
NHS Digital has published three reports which include the latest statistics on the safeguarding and care of vulnerable adults in England. Safeguarding Adults Annual Report, England 2015-16 contains information about
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Report: Above and Beyond – Exploring pressures faced by social workers in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has launched its report Above and Beyond which highlights that workload pressures faced by social workers result in 88% of staff working
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Queen’s University Belfast to host Social Work information evening
Queen’s University Belfast are to host an event to provide prospective students with information and guidance on their courses in Social Work. The ‘Social Work Information Evening’ will answer all
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Report: Review of the Evidence on Hate Crime and Prejudice in Scotland
A new report for the Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research (SCCJR) has found that levels of hate crime in Scotland are higher than official figures suggest, and called
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