A care at home service in Edinburgh has been told to make urgent improvements in the care it provides to vulnerable people. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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More than a fifth of councils in England are still commissioning 15-minute social care visits, despite the Government agreeing half an hour should be the minimum standard, it was reported.
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The Skills for Health Level 2 Certificate in Care Qualification is a new qualification to support the delivery of the Care Certificate, brought to you by SFJ Awards. The qualification
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has has spent a day learning what it takes to be a social worker praising the invaluable contribution the workforce makes. The Minister joined
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Companies that provide care to the elderly and disabled are increasingly handing back contracts to local authorities because they are not being paid enough, the leader of the health regulator
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Before the recent Autumn Statement, there was plenty of chatter about the government – at long last – putting more money into social care. The system has been starved of
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Rebecca Evans, Minister for Social Services and Public Health, has issued a written statement on the Welsh Government’s consultation on improving the recruitment and retention of domiciliary care workers in
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC), regulator for the social care workforce in NI, has refreshed their Mobile Learning App ‘The Domiciliary Care Toolkit’. The App has updated content
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People considering a career in care can chat to Bluebird Care’s fully-trained workers at a ‘Care Job Fair’ at Guildford Job Centre next week. Learning a variety of key skills,
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Four out of five local councils say they do not have enough capacity to care for older people in their area, a study suggests. The report, from the Family and
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