The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) has launched a guide to qualifications and training for the social care workforce in Northern Ireland. The document provides guidance on the types
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More than £1 million will help support Scottish social service staff with training, the Scottish Government announced today. Around 800 employees in 74 care charities across Scotland will benefit from
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London South Bank University (LSBU) will establish the first university-based “People’s Academy” within its School of Health and Social Care. As the need to increase patient and public involvement in
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The Continuing Professional Education and Learning (CPEL) Framework for Social Workers in Wales is now well established and the programmes will soon be recruiting for the 2015 intake. Social Workers
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Social service organisations across Scotland are increasingly using coaching and mentoring as a means of supporting professional learning and development, particularly for leadership and management development. The Scottish Social Services
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) are adopting Mozilla Open Badges as part of their increasing suite of digital learning tools for the social care workforce. Open Badges are digital
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Alaine Shaw is Team Manager for Children and Families Workforce Development at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Here, Alaine writes about the importance of learning and development, the role of a
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‘Hands up for Health’ provides young people with a real sense of what it’s like to work in health and social care using life-like state-of-the-art manikins, set in a hospital
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) 2014 Practice Teaching Symposium will be of interest to Practice Teachers, On-site Supervisors, Tutors and Service Users with an interest in social work
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Social work students have been given the chance to work with residents as part of a new pilot scheme in County Durham. Nine students from New College Durham took part
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