The document should be used to support and inform local and regional health and social care integration initiatives. It explains: The critical contribution that social workers make to integrated
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The average pay of public sector workers is falling following years of wage restraint coupled with rising inflation, a new report reveals. The Resolution Foundation forecast that average real pay
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A High Court judge has asked a council boss for an explanation after complaining of “lackadaisical” efforts by social workers. Mr Justice MacDonald said social services staff at Cheshire East
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Social workers moved a vulnerable Essex teenager from her aunt and uncle’s care without any warning, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has said. The teenager had been living with her
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The Government has backed down over plans which critics claimed would have weakened protections for vulnerable children. Education Secretary Justine Greening has dropped proposals in the Children and Social Work
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Next week (6 – 11 March) is National Careers Week and Oxford Brookes University will be holding a careers evening in partnership with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. National Careers
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A 53-year-old grandmother who refused to help social workers trying to find her three-year-old grandchild has been held in prison for two days after council bosses said she was in
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) have announced the launch of their Social Work Ambassador Scheme on Wednesday 22 March 2017. Ambassadors are people working in social work roles
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A social worker edited notes made about a mother-of-two embroiled in family court litigation with the intention of “bolstering” a council’s case, a judge has concluded. Linda Fraser, a consultant
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The plight of refugees arriving on the Greek Island of Samos will be told through first-hand experience in the latest distinguished lecture delivered by the Department of Social Work, Care
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