The Dementia Carer Voices project has released a new report entitled ‘The Caring Experience’, which shares the results of a survey that captured the views and experiences of carers throughout
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The new edition of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care is now available. It includes articles on: the education of looked after children the children’s hearings’ system
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Adapting to the preventative agenda is one key challenge for the new integrated Health and Social Care Partnerships being established across Scotland. Their role is vital to the practical embedding
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Alan Baird, Chief Social Work Adviser to the Scottish Government, shares his sector news and views in his brand new blog, Talking Social Services. Since my last blog, the new
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If you are a foster carer, run a foster care agency or work in the foster care team at your local authority, then you could help to develop Scotland’s learning
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A report examined issues of social justice in the context of the debates around Scottish independence and today’s referendum. The report drew together arguments regarding: a post-independence Scottish currency; economic
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The Scottish Qualification Agency (SQA) have issued new guidance on several qualifications within the care sector. SVQ 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services With the development of the revised
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It has been claimed that paradoxically, following the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Scottish criminal justice policy, hitherto more liberal and less punitive than ‘south of the Border’,
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published its latest ‘Insights’ paper, to refresh and update the organisation’s contribution to the debate on Scotland’s future. Whilst remaining neutral on the question
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The web is now firmly established in the workplace and it is vital that the workforce knows how to use it. Social media, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, offer great
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