New research claims 160,000 care workers subject to ‘wage theft’
Around 160,000 care workers are being paid less than the national minimum wage, each losing out on an average of £815 a year, a new study has revealed. Research by
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Study: Social care packages no guarantee of choice and control
25% of older people needing help with basic tasks still cannot choose when they eat, when to take a bath or shower or what time to go to bed according
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Survey: NSPCC seek feedback for child protection research
The NSPCC is seeking views from social workers involved in child protection and broader work with children and families to identify gaps in child protection research. This will help NSPCC
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IRISS homelessness project seeks contributions
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) has issued a call for partners to contribute to a project focusing on homelessness in Scotland. The ‘Homelessness: pathways and
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New research to explore child safeguarding inequalities
Why are children from poor neighbourhoods more likely to be subject to a child protection intervention than those living in better off areas? And is deprivation the primary cause? That
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Report: Is gerontological social work ready for 21st century
Within the wider health and social care arena, there is much emphasis on the challenges of meeting the needs of an ageing population, yet little is known about social work’s
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Welsh study of adult care home managers published
Findings have been published from a study of the recruitment and retention of adult care home managers in Wales. The study, commissioned jointly by the Care Council for Wales (CCW)
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Project seeks frontline experience in delivering care
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) are undertaking a project titled ‘The View From Here’ which aims to understand practitioners’ experiences of delivering care and support
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Consultation begins on NI Social Work research
A consultation exercise on a Social Work Research Strategy for 2015-2020 has been launched by Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and social workers are being asked for
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Webwatch – DIY (Development Impact and You)
At IRISS we believe that innovation is not a practice reserved for ‘the creative’ or ‘the experts’ and that people innovate all the time. We focus on how to blend
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