Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) Scotland has recently published two new booklets in partnership with Age Scotland. ‘Keeping safe from harm and abuse’ is a helpful guide for older people
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On the week the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 comes into force, a series of new resources has been added to the Care Council for Wales’ Information &
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This Welsh Government guide has been written primarily for practitioners involved in making and supporting arrangements for young people leaving care. The guide supplements the statutory Code of Practice relating
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This guideline covers the period before, during and after a young person moves from children’s to adults’ services. It aims to help young people and their carers have a better
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Everyone working in adult social care needs English, number, digital and employability skills, including team work, and problem solving skills. Together these are known as core skills. They enable workers
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A new Victims’ Code for Scotland which sets out the rights of victims in one place, has been launched this week. Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Paul Wheelhouse
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Health workers have been urged to look out for symptoms of the Zika virus in patients returning to the UK from countries affected by the outbreak. Officials said that health
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Skills For Care have published a series of new resources aimed at anyone working with individual son the Autism spectrum. The guides are supported by two videos featuring people with
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No level of regular drinking is without risks to health, the UK’s chief medical officers have said as they published a raft of changes to advice on alcohol. The new
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A nursing expert at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has co-authored a practical guide which provides a new insight to implementing person-centred care. Dr Lisa Kidd, Reader at the university’s School
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