Have your say on the Care Bill learning and development programme
Social care employers are being urged to have their say on a learning and development plan designed to identify which roles will be affected by the Care Bill. The sector
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Skills for Care launch new NMDS-SC videos and animations
Skills for Care has launched a series of new, short film clips to help adult social care employers get the most out of using the National Minimum Data Set for
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Call for papers for CELCIS 2014
The Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) is inviting practitioners, academics, policy makers and others working with looked after children to submit a proposal for a
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Drugs & Alcohol National Occupational Standards launched
Skills for Health has launched the revised National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Drugs & Alcohol workers. The Standards were developed by Skills for Health as part of a UK Commission
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Social work among most popular UCAS Extra routes to university
Students looking to start university or college this autumn can now use UCAS Extra to try and secure an offer if they’ve been unsuccessful so far. The UCAS Extra service,
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Social work education review recommends 22 areas of improvement
A DH commissioned review of social work education has made 22 recommendations, including increased specialisation and fast-track entry routes for top graduates into adult services. The review, carried out by
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Leonard Cheshire in search for talented disabled students
Leonard Cheshire Disability has just launched ‘Change100’, a national campaign to find talented disabled undergraduates to work in some of the UK’s leading companies as paid interns. Research from the
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Social work degree in Wales re-approved by the Care Council for Wales
The Open University have announced that the BA (Honours) Social Work (Wales) has been re-approved by the Care Council for Wales, meeting all the regulatory requirements. The submission to the
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Survey to help shape social work education
The NHS Business Services Authority are surveying the social work student population (undergraduates and postgraduates from English universities) on behalf of the Department of Health. If you are an undergraduate
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Making the education of social workers consistently effective
Report of Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of the education of children’s social workers. The Secretary of State for Education asked Sir Martin Narey to review the initial education of
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