Many paid staff in carers centres, condition specific organisations and statutory bodies support carers negotiating with ‘the system’. However, competing demands and conflicts of interest can limit the scope of
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A Prince’s Trust initiative called ‘Get into Health & Social Care’ has proved a hit with young people across Northern Ireland this month. The programme is aimed at young people
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The son of a 100-year-old great grandmother who died after falling out of a body sling that her two carers were not trained to use called on the Government and
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Robert Gordon University (RGU) and NHS Grampian have launched a unique short course for nurses whose registration has lapsed to help them return to practice. Successful completion of the 15-week
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Care home staff need greater training to deal with residents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transexual (LGBT) and living with dementia, a new report claims. The ‘Over the Rainbow’
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More than £1 million will help support Scottish social service staff with training, the Scottish Government announced today. Around 800 employees in 74 care charities across Scotland will benefit from
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All new healthcare assistants and social care support workers in England will need to get a Care Certificate in their first 12 weeks of employment. The Care Certificate assesses the fundamental
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Bookings are now being taken for the Specialist Award Module entitled ‘Reminiscence, Life Story Work and Life Review: Narrative methods, theory and application across the life cycle’. The post qualifying
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A series of short and easily accessible films that highlight key messages from research and learning on Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) have been released by the University of Bedfordshire. They
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The Continuing Professional Education and Learning (CPEL) Framework for Social Workers in Wales is now well established and the programmes will soon be recruiting for the 2015 intake. Social Workers
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