Mental Health Team Leader Kim McGinley doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges she faces in her role, but even allowing for the ‘peaks & troughs’, she insists a career in adult social
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We caught up with Kelly Innes, Mental Health Team Leader, at with YOU in Edinburgh about her role and why you should consider a career in adult social care. Kelly
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The Government’s new post-Brexit immigration system will need so many exemptions it will be “meaningless”, Labour has claimed. Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott criticised the plan, which seeks to lower
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Changes to the UK’s immigration rules could “spell absolute disaster” for the care system and risk farmers, builders and hospitality businesses being hit the hardest, industry leaders have warned. The
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Cancer patients in England are not being given enough information about their diseases due to NHS staff shortages, a leading charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said at least 120,000
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Putting up barriers on hiring staff from overseas in an overhaul of the immigration system would cause “huge difficulties” in social care, a union has warned. Unison assistant general secretary
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Three quarters of social care professionals believe class is an issue when it comes to securing a new job, with one in four saying they’ve been discriminated against because of
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A national campaign to increase the adult social care workforce in Scotland has been launched today by Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman and Children and Young People Minister, Maree Todd. The
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The Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services today. The report comes as the
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Employers are being urged to do more to help with people with epilepsy find work after a study suggested there was a “glaring” employment gap for those with the condition.
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