Northern Ireland Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has has spent a day learning what it takes to be a social worker praising the invaluable contribution the workforce makes. The Minister joined
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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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Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has appointed two leading experts in social care to help reform Adult Care and Support. Des Kelly and John Kennedy will form an Expert Advisory Panel
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has briefed the Northern Ireland Assembly Health Committee to highlight the pressures facing social work and to detail changes required to support
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Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that more women took their own lives in 2015 than at any time in the previous decade, and that
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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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Northern Ireland Health Minister Michelle O’Neill, MLA, has cut the first sod for a new purpose-built acute mental health inpatient unit at Belfast City Hospital yesterday. This facility will provide
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Northern Ireland’s social workers have been honoured at the 2016 Social Work Awards ceremony in Armagh this week. Hosted for the first time by the Southern Health and Social Care
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland has published a report on the extent of self-harm over the past three years. The Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm Three-Year Report
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) are reviewing their Code of Practice for Employers of Social Care Workers and are seeking need your views on the draft revised standards.
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