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Judges voice concern over jailing of grandmother in social services dispute

By The Press Association6th December 2016News England

Senior judges have raised concerns about a case in which a 71-year-old grandmother was given a six-month jail term after social services bosses complained she had breached orders made in

‘Astonishing’ costs highlighted in case involving care of woman with learning disabilities

By The Press Association4th December 2016News England

Lawyers have returned to a specialist court for the latest round of a long-running case which a judge said had cost taxpayers an “astonishing” amount of money and generated an

Andy Burnham suggests Downing Street blocked social care funding package

By The Press Association2nd December 2016News England

Downing Street may have blocked a new funding package for social care services ahead of the Autumn Statement, Andy Burnham has claimed. Labour’s former health secretary said councils had been

Holocaust survivor ‘who feels like prisoner in care facility’ to be allowed home

By The Press Association1st December 2016News England

A Holocaust survivor who wants to leave a care facility and has complained of ”feeling like a prisoner again in the German concentration camp” is set to be allowed to

Call for Contributions: Safeguarding Across Transitions – Learning from each other

By Iain MacDonald30th November 2016Reports & Resources

Research in Practice and their partners are interested to understand how councils are trying to enable closer and more fluid working between adult safeguarding and children’s safeguarding. Colleagues are in

Scottish Councils could face £553 million shortfall by 2018/19, report warns

By The Press Association29th November 2016News Scotland

Scotland’s councils could be facing a shortfall of more than £550 million in just two years’ time, public spending watchdogs have predicted. The Accounts Commission has forecast the gap between

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Judges voice concern over jailing of grandmother in social services dispute

‘Astonishing’ costs highlighted in case involving care of woman with learning disabilities

Holocaust survivor ‘who feels like prisoner in care facility’ to be allowed home

Call for Contributions: Safeguarding Across Transitions – Learning from each other

Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death

Thirty councils in severe financial distress granted support to protect services

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool

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Judges voice concern over jailing of grandmother in social services dispute

Engage: Adult Principal Social Worker Network – Valuing Hospital Social Work

‘Astonishing’ costs highlighted in case involving care of woman with learning disabilities

Andy Burnham suggests Downing Street blocked social care funding package

Holocaust survivor ‘who feels like prisoner in care facility’ to be allowed home

Call for Contributions: Safeguarding Across Transitions – Learning from each other

Poetry: The View from Here Project – A Social Carers Week

Scottish Councils could face £553 million shortfall by 2018/19, report warns

‘Tremendous role models’ praisied at 2016 Social Worker Of The Year Awards