As a charity supporting people with learning disabilities we are acutely aware of the many pressures families and care professionals are facing, particularly in a climate of funding cuts and
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The deadline for nominations to the 2016 Autism Professionals Awards has been extended to Friday 13 November 2015. The National Autistic Society (NAS) event aims to encourage good autism practice
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The only NHS hospital in Britain that specialises in learning disabilities is to be closed down as part of a review following the Winterbourne View care home abuse scandal. NHS
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Campaigners and leading health experts have welcomed plans to close some specialist units for people with learning disabilities. The move, announced by NHS England, the Local Government Association (LGA), and
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A new initiative to help 75 unemployed or economically inactive people start a career in social care has been launched in Northern Ireland. The ‘Getting Started’ training programme, facilitated by
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Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Reading, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize by The Leverhulme Trust. Worth £100,000, the Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise
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The Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (SCLD) has launched a new performance improvement resource for service providers. Progress in Personalisation is a self-assessment framework that helps provider organisations measure the
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The guidance documents are designed to be used by social workers at all levels, from front line practitioners to senior social workers, social work supervisors and managers, to support them
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The first of four National Autistic Society (NAS) Cullum Centre’s was officially opened at Salesian School in Chertsey, Surrey, this week. Almost 100 students, parents and staff attended the launch of
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Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health are working in partnership to support workforce development to enable people who display behaviour which challenges to be supported well in their
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