Unison workforce report slams state of home care standards
A new Unison Scotland survey of workers who look after the elderly and vulnerable in their own homes, lays bare the challenges and problems they experience. The majority of home
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Health impacts of child sexual exploitation
Appendix to Health Working Group Report on Child Sexual Exploitation. The independent national Health Working Group on Child Sexual Exploitation has published a report designed to help health services improve
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Neighbourhood housing tenure mix and health outcomes
This paper examines the association between housing tenure mix and health outcomes for urban residents. The analysis used Cox’s proportional hazard regression modelling with a range of health measures from
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Making the education of social workers consistently effective
Report of Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of the education of children’s social workers. The Secretary of State for Education asked Sir Martin Narey to review the initial education of
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Evaluation of the Bracknell Forest Council Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service
reason (the research, evaluation and analysis support network co-led by research in practice, research in practice for adults and NFER) has supported Bracknell Forest Council to evaluate its Domestic Abuse
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Care Inspectorate for Wales publish annual report
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) annual report for 2012-13 was launched by Chief Inspector,Imelda Richardson during the first meeting of the CSSIW new National Advisory Board. Launching
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Daniel Pelka: Report criticises quality of assessments
Risk assessments carried out by professionals involved with the murdered schoolboy Daniel Pelka were “poor quality”, a report has said. It also found delays in information-sharing, staffing pressures and a
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IRISS Insight 24: Delivering integrated care and support
This document is based on a report prepared for ADSW at the time of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill (Petch, 2013) and seeks to distill key evidence to
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Strategic partnerships in Scotland
Broad and international literature exists on networked governance which has both described and informed recent transformations in local government. Reforms in the UK have led to the development of strategic
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Modelling needs-based personal budgets
A fundamental question for social policy is how accurately costs can be predicted from individual needs and characteristics. In the UK this question has added salience due to recent policy
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