Low pay putting working families in Wales at greater risk of poverty
Working families and young people in Wales are at greater risk of poverty now than they were ten years ago, new research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and New
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BAAF Cymru jobs saved in restructuring of adoption and fostering services
The Welsh Government has announced restructuring plans for adoption and fostering services in Wales following the closure of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) Cymru, it was announced
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University signs innovative partnership with Alzheimer’s Society in Wales
The University of South Wales (USW) has become the country’s first institution of its kind to agree a formal partnership with a major dementia charity. At USW’s ‘Understanding Dementia 2015:
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New deadline for people to claim care funding by Welsh NHS
The Welsh Government is asking people who believe their care should have been funded by the NHS to register their intent to make a claim. Continuing healthcare is a package
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Vale of Glamorgan care home worker struck off social care register
A Vale of Glamorgan care home worker has been struck from the Register of Social Care Workers. A Fitness to Practise Panel of the Care Council for Wales found the
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Social workers endorse professional development training in Wales
Professional development training for social workers in Wales has been given a solid endorsement by practitioners who have already been involved in the courses. Eighty eight per cent would recommend
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North Wales exhibition to showcase benefits of art in Dementia
Can art improve quality of life and well-being for people living with dementia? Might it even have wider social and community benefits? And if it does make a difference, how
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Cardiff to host conference on Early Years developments in Wales
Capita Conferences have announced their Early Years Wales Conference will take place on 22nd October 2015 in Cardiff. As the Building a Brighter Future: The Early Years and Childcare Plan completes the
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Wales mental health budget will continue to be ring-fenced, Drakeford
The mental health budget in Wales will continue to be protected by a ring-fence following a Welsh Government-commissioned review, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced. In 2008, the
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Inspection report finds Powys struggling to modernise social services
An inspection into adult social services at Powys County Council has revealed the local authority has failed to deliver on an earlier inspection which highlighted an urgent need to modernise
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