Imagining the Future
What might social services look like in 2025? In 2013 IRISS ran a series of workshops to help us understand the technical, medical and cultural forces that will shape
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Enforcement of compulsory registration for social care Workers
Legislation to enforce compulsory registration for the current phase of compulsory workforce registration is now in effect. Employers should be aware that under these Regulations, it is an offence for
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Care UK revamps benefits offering with launch of online portal
Care UK has revamped its benefits offering with the launch of an online portal to give nurses, carers and remote workers easy access to its employee reward scheme. The health
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Scottish public sector workforce at new low
The proportion of workers employed in the public sector is at its lowest level since 1999. New figures from the Scottish Government showed that in the third quarter of this
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Survey finds public sector job losses highest in local government
Hiring intentions across the public sector have ‘flatlined’, with job losses remaining highest in local government, according to a survey. Charting responses from 2,100 UK employers, the Manpower Employment Outlook
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Equal Partners in Care learning and sharing events
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) invite you to take part in one of the Equal Partners in Care (EPiC) practice learning and sharing
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Bluebird Care agency expands to create jobs in Paulton
Forty jobs are to be created by a care agency based at the Somer Valley Enterprise Park at Paulton. Bluebird Care (Bath and North East Somerset), which also has officers
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Doncaster care workers face 50 per cent pay cut
Workers who care for adults with learning disabilities in Doncaster are considering strike action over proposals to slash their pay. Employees who work for Care UK are said to be
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Over half of social workers feel they have more to give
Over half of Britain’s social workers feel they have more to give in their career in order to reach their full potential. • Over half (52%) of social workers say
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Scottish public sector workforce loses 26,600 full-time employees
Councils, the NHS and other public bodies have saved an estimated £1 billion with the loss of 26,600 full-time workers over the last four years, according to a report. But
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