Lewd comments social worker has ban extended
A social worker accused of making lewd comments about Cumbria’s director of children’s services has had his professional ban extended for a further six months. Barry Clifford Lloyd, 54, had
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Norfolk social worker shortage could be tackled through ‘academy’
The bid to improve Norfolk’s children’s services department could be boosted by the creation of an ‘academy’ to produce social workers at the University of East Anglia. The council says
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Choice Support staff vote to strike over changes to salary levels
Members of the union Unison at the social care charity Choice Support have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over changes to pay. Sixty-eight of 80 Unison
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Stockton-on-Tees social worker struck off for misconduct
Social worker Michael David Andrew has been struck off for misconduct while working for Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The decision by a panel of the Health and Care Professions Council’s conduct
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Health and social care integration toolkit launched
Local councils should take action to improve the delivery of integrated health and social care, the LGA has urged. This week the association published a new toolkit to help commissioners
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Northamptonshire to launch social services ‘debit cards’
Adults in Northamptonshire who are looked after by social services, are to be given ‘debit cards’ to pay for their care. The pre-paid cards will replace direct payment by the
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Tougher rules to support missing children
Minister Edward Timpson announces new rules so every child who goes missing from home or care will have an independent return interview. Every child who goes missing from home or
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Catalogue of failings in Derby care homes revealed in new report
Almost half of care homes funded by Derby City Council are failing to meet national standards, according to a damning report. And nearly a quarter are failing in some way
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Peterborough gang found guilty of rape charges at Old Bailey
A child sex gang has been found guilty of a series of rapes against five vulnerable girls in Peterborough, one as young as 12 years old. Zdeno Mirga, 18, who
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Children of domestic abuse victims more likely to be in care
New research from Family Rights Group reveals victims of domestic violence are being failed by social services. An increasing amount of care orders are being placed on children living in
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