The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is on the hunt for up to 20 professionals working in the health and social care sectors to join its prestigious
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The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is planning to make changes to the titles of Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs). SQA Accreditation, which is part of the SQA, quality assures qualifications offered
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In 2015 The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is investing £1.2million in British citizens, by awarding a record number of 150 Travelling Fellowships, in order to mark its 50th anniversary. This
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The University of Ulster is providing a series of free seminars during 2014-15 to share research, teaching and organisation development learning to support social work and allied human service professions.
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The Home Office has launched a free online training package dealing with female genital mutilation (FGM), developed with Virtual College. It aims to give social workers, police, doctors, and Border
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Within our daily lives, the use and availability of digital technologies is ever growing and in the delivery of social care, it is important to ensure the workforce is appropriately
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The web is now firmly established in the workplace and it is vital that the workforce knows how to use it. Social media, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, offer great
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Social workers deal with messy, complex and ambiguous situations where off-the-peg solutions are often irrelevant. Take a mother who wants to feed a hungry baby, but her fridge is empty
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75,000 people with diabetes die each year in England, accounting for approximately one in seven of all deaths. In recognition of this, Virtual College and NHS England have created a
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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has today published revised standards of education and training (SETs) to reflect the new requirement that service users and carers are involved in
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