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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Skills for Care has announced that five new members have joined their board adding extensive experience in the social care and health sectors. The new board members are Sam Jones
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) have welcomed news that Government regulation of social work will be independent. Ministers had orginally
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A 10-year road map to transform Northern Ireland’s under-pressure health service has been announced. The Stormont blueprint is the response to an independent analysis of the struggling system by a
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The past few weeks has seen considerable attention being paid to the value placed on a workforce, which in Scotland, is now in excess of 200,000. One in every thirteen
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The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales 2015-16 annual report will be the last for outgoing Chief Inspector Imelda Richardson as she retires at the end of the month. In
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The Welsh Government has appointed Gillian Baranski as the new Chief Inspector of the Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales (CSSIW). Currently Chief Executive of CAFCASS Cymru, Ms Baranksi
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The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act renames the Care Council for Wales as Social Care Wales and gives the organisation new powers. As well as workforce regulation
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Dame Moira Gibb, Chair of the UK Sector Skills Council, Skills for Care and Development met with social care leaders and policy makers at the Northern Ireland Social Care Council
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