My dual role as a social worker and carer
Carers want to be listened to and understood, by Alison Reeve
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Carers want to be listened to and understood, by Alison Reeve
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The best of Scotland’s social service teams were recognised on Friday (22 June) at Care Accolades 2012, the national award ceremony showcasing the very best of the care sector across the country.
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Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today confirmed a major shake-up of the way in which Scotland’s criminal justice system deals with women offenders is to begin with immediate effect following the findings of an expert report into female offending in Scotland.
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Children’s lives are being ruined by alcohol-fuelled violence, says charity CHILDREN 1ST, as new research suggests almost a quarter of people living in Scotland (23 per cent) have seen someone who’s been drinking being aggressive or violent towards a child.
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A Care Quality Commission (CQC) programme of inspections of services for people with learning disabilities found that there was a one in two chance of people being in a service that did not meet the required standards.
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A quarter of vulnerable disabled people in care homes are at risk of being shut up in rooms or held down in arm-locks because staff do not know the rules on restraint, a damning official report has found.
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A call has been made for a “radical debate” on the future of adult social care funding amid fears its budget will squeeze out other council services.
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Labour councillor labels Westminster ‘meanest council in Britain’ for cuts to adult services
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The care minister has shown a “complete lack of respect” for pensioners by backing out of attending the Pensioners’ Parliament, say the National Pensioners Convention.
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SUCCESSFUL health and social-care reform will focus not on structure but on giving older people what they want, writes Peter MacLeod
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