75,000 people with diabetes die each year in England, accounting for approximately one in seven of all deaths. In recognition of this, Virtual College and NHS England have created a
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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has today published revised standards of education and training (SETs) to reflect the new requirement that service users and carers are involved in
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A fresh definition of the skills and knowledge required by child and family social workers has been unveiled by the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families as part of
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Following the recent merger between Skills for Care and the National Skills Academy for Social Care (the Skills Academy), a competitive process to select a new Chair from November has
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From September 2014 a new module will be available from the Cancer Education Team at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU). The course ‘Supporting patients living with and beyond cancer’ was developed
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have produced a range of new resources to support effective supervision. The resources explain what supervision is and offer four models of supervision:
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Kingston and St Georges’ School of Social Work now has an in-built Work Practice Learning Suite. The Suite provides social work students with facilities to extensively practice their communications and
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Do you have ideas about how the social work degree can best deliver social workers who are fit for practice in the 21 century and become lifelong learners? If so,
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Lancaster University is working on a major project that will help people to live longer and healthier lives thanks to new Government funding. The £17 million investment, through the Government’s
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The Leadership Centre has opened the call for applications for the second round of Systems Leadership – Local Vision projects around the country. The projects have brought people together from
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