Social work chiefs under fire over OAPs’ care
Highland Council social work chiefs have been accused of using elderly people moving into care homes as pawns in a drive to head off a projected £3.4million-plus overspend.
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Highland Council social work chiefs have been accused of using elderly people moving into care homes as pawns in a drive to head off a projected £3.4million-plus overspend.
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A scheme offering homeless people and former drug addicts a chance to work with others in similar situations has proved successful in South Lanarkshire.
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Serious problems in child protection services at three councils have been uncovered following surprise inspections, it was revealed today.
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SOCIAL workers dealing with at-risk children in Enfield are generally satisfactory but are “significantly stretched”, an unplanned inspection has found.
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SOCIAL care in Surrey has been dealt another blow after a union’s Freedom of Information request revealed more than a quarter of social worker posts in the county are unfilled.
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Paul Snell, former chief inspector of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, has been appointed as acting chief executive of the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
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A PRIVATE care company has had its £1.5million contract for looking after elderly, disabled or mentally ill Islington residents in their own homes terminated by the council after just five months.
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POLICE and social services were yesterday investigating unexplained injuries to pupils at a nursery. They said three children were involved, although the nursery’s owners suggested it was only one.
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Surrey County Council’s (SCC) under-fire children’s services has closed as many as 500 cases so it can focus on its most vulnerable children.
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A LEADING care sector organisation has launched a major recruitment drive in Wrexham. According to Care Forum Wales, independent operators are now providing 80% of the social care in Wales – mainly funded by the public purse.
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