Social worker Martin Sands has been suspended from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Register for 12 months on grounds of misconduct after failing to respond to child protection
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The Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) have announced plans to set up a Children and Families Social Work Forum to add to their current forums for Criminal Justice, MHO
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The College of Social Work (TCSW) has published two new infographics as part of its Real Social Work campaign, to help the public understand the complex and delicate work done
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The Care Council for Wales (CCW) has launched a new Code of Professional Practice which sets the standards for all social workers and social care practitioners working in Wales and
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The mental health of social workers is being put at risk amid a harsh employment environment characterised by rising caseloads and excessively long hours. That was the warning from Bridget
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In the 2009 the Scottish Government’s Social Work Scotland website ceased. However, the video content which included some 600 video clips, mostly from the 2007 and 2008 Local Practitioners Conferences
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High profile child sexual exploitation campaigner Sarah Champion has visited Sheffield Hallam University to help mark the launch of a new social work course which looks at how social workers’
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A Ukrainian concert pianist who became embroiled in a row with social workers after his son was taken into foster care has been criticised by a family court judge. The
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The latest year’s statistics on criminal justice social work have been published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. Figures from ‘Criminal justice social work statistics: 2013-14’ show that the successful completion rate
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Two City of Edinburgh Council social workers have had their contempt of court conviction quashed by a judgment from the Court of Session on Friday. The pair, referred to AB
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