More social care cuts will hit elderly and disabled people due to a funding shortfall, leaders of adult social services have said. The annual survey of 151 directors of social
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The King’s Fund, Comic Relief, and the Big Lottery Fund have opened the application process for a unique support programme enabling charity leaders to help each other through sharing expertise
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Chair, Jim Perry, is receiving an MBE in this year’s Queens birthday honours for his services to the Community in Ballymena. Colum Conway,
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC), as the NI partner of the UK Sector Skills Council ‘Skills for Care & Development’ (SfCD) has been assessed as meeting the Federation
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I find it hard to believe my four years in Scottish Government is almost at an end. But if I had been able to select a period to be Chief
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The Welsh Government has announced the new board of the body responsible for improving social care in Wales. Social Care Wales will come into effect from 3 April 2017 and
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The Scottish Government has today confirmed the appointment of Iona Colvin as Scotland’s Chief Social Work Adviser. Ms Colvin is currently Chief Officer at the North Ayrshire Health and Social Care
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has announced the transformation oversight structure aiming to drive change in the health and social care system. The Minister has announced the establishment of
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One of the first appointments for Northern Ireland’s new Deputy Chief Social Work Officer in NI was meeting with the team at the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. NISCC Chief
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Financial pressures facing the social care sector are impacting on vulnerable older and disabled people, experts have warned. Some are being forced to find new homes as a result of
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