Wakefield social workers struggling in wake of Baby P case
OVERSTRETCHED social workers in Wakefield are struggling to cope with a huge rise in referrals since the shocking Baby P case, a council report has revealed.
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OVERSTRETCHED social workers in Wakefield are struggling to cope with a huge rise in referrals since the shocking Baby P case, a council report has revealed.
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Frontline healthcare workers, pregnant women and people with underlying medical conditions will be first in Northern Ireland to receive the swine flu vaccine when the Government’s mass immunisation programme begins in the autumn.
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A former children’s social worker who failed to make enough visits to vulnerable children has avoided being struck off following a conduct hearing.
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Autistic children have difficulty relating to people. But put them in a field and give them some space and they’ll flourish, says Clare Hargreaves, who takes a look at an unusual rural experiment in Oxfordshire
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A youth offending team falsified its case files on the eve of an official inspection to cover up its woeful performance in dealing with dangerous offenders, according to a report published today.
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TWO carers at a nursing home have been charged with neglecting elderly residents following a lengthy police investigation.
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Funding allocated for training staff in children’s care homes has run out, leaving employers to foot the bill.
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A NEW £300million body to manage Blackburn and Darwen’s health and social care has been given the go ahead by councillors.
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A former Aberdeen social worker accused of a series of “failures” involving the care of 12 vulnerable children has claimed she was undermined and bullied by her local authority supervisors.
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Scotland’s justice minister Kenny MacAskill has praised the community service scheme operated by the social work service in Shetland.
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