New Single Service For Children
New plans have been unveiled to integrate services for children and young people in Swansea.
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New plans have been unveiled to integrate services for children and young people in Swansea.
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More social workers are needed to cope with the increasing demands of Swansea’s social services department.
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They are devoted foster parents with an unblemished record of caring for almost 20 vulnerable children.
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A Planned £33million residential home for 109 pensioners has been described as “overwhelming”.
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A mentally ill man continued to feed and care for his dead elderly parents because he thought they were still alive, an inquest has heard.
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ADULTS with autism are being abandoned by the system, a new report claims. Barely half of people over 18 year old diagnosed with the condition in Scotland receive support, says the National Autistic Society (NAS) Scotland.
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AN investigation has been launched after a member of staff used her mobile phone to film two elderly women fighting in a nursing home.
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Teignbridge’s u-turn over free bus passes for ‘carers’ has been welcomed by a Newton Abbot councillor.
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A local authority is pulling out of an out-of-hours social work service led by a neighbouring council, deeming it poor value for money after inspectors warned it must improve.
South Lanarkshire Council has given notice it will withdraw from the West of Scotland standby service and provide its own emergency cover.
Glasgow City Council operates the standby service and last year was told by the Social Work Inspection Agency the service had serious limitations.
Most local authorities work in partnership to provide out of hours care.
The Glasgow-led West of Scotland service covers 13 councils, Edinburgh delivers a service for the three other Lothian councils, Dundee leads for Perth and Kinross and Angus, while Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire also work together.
Read MoreAs a social worker in the medical field, I have spent many hours listening to the words of my clients. Their words have led me to know that they are
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