Social worker who sold child’s address for holiday avoids custodial sentence
A social worker who sold the address of an adopted child to her birth mother to pay for a holiday to the Dominican Republic has walked free from court. Androulla
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Nearly half of public sector workers forced off sick with mental health problems
Almost half of public sector workers have been forced to take time off work because of problems with their mental health, a large new survey has found. Mental health charity
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Engage: How to settle social care funding once and for all
Branding it a “dementia tax” was inspired – opponents of the Conservative Party’s election manifesto railed against its fundamentally unfair proposals for dealing with the social care costs of increasing
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Inspectors report children’s services in Glasgow performing well
Services for children and young people in Glasgow are improving lives and having a positive impact, inspectors have said. That was the key finding of a joint inspection of services
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Tory social care funding plans may flounder due to poorly performing councils
Conservative plans for councils to recoup the care costs of elderly people from their estates after they die may flounder due to poor-performing local authorities, a former pensions minister has
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High Court ban on journalists naming woman in child protection case criticised
A former Liberal Democrat MP has raised concern after a High Court judge barred journalists from identifying a woman who has been remanded in custody as a result of social
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Engage: Foster Care – The heart of our care system
There’s a common myth that does the rounds in the run-up to all elections. We’ve all heard it: the belief that the work of local authorities grinds to a halt
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Author of major social care review ‘very disappointed’ by Tory reform plans
The author of a major review of social care has accused the Conservatives of failing to tackle the central problem in the sector with their landmark plans for reform. Sir
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One in 10 nursing and healthcare jobs remaining unfilled for 90 days
Vacancies for jobs including scientists, nurses and other healthcare workers are lying unfilled for months, highlighting the shortage of skilled staff in the UK, a report reveals. Research by jobs
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Abuse Inquiry reveals huge workload in review of Nottinghamshire claims
The independent inquiry into child sex abuse in England and Wales is looking at “tens of thousands of pages” of information about any potential failures to protect children in the
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