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External news
7 years ago

Jenni Randall & her Looked After children project

A fantastic folk rock CD to raise funds for Looked After Children...
External news
7 years ago

Global Institute Social Work (GISW)

I'm very pleased to have been invited on to the International Advisory Board that Tiong Chairs and in this interview he lays out the vision and the opportunities for the GISW at its five year anniversary...
External news
7 years ago

DBS to operate from CRB and ISA offices

The CRB will still be merged with the Independent Safeguarding Authority ISA in Darlington to create the new Disclosure and Barring Service DSB in However it has been confirmed that the DSB will operate from both the existing sites rather than from just one -- as the Home Office had suggested in February The Continue reading DBS to operate from CRB and ISA offices...
External news
7 years ago

Chris Walters and various topics

GISW Glass and non prescription drugs...
External news
7 years ago

We want to attract the right people with the right values to social care | Caroline Dinenage

New government recruitment campaign will raise the image and profile of the sectorThis year we are celebrating the th anniversary of our amazing NHS but we must not forget that adult social care is also marking years The National Assistance Act that created many of the core elements of the modern social care system came into effect on the same day as the NHS act In the NHS's birthday month we have heard many stories...
External news
7 years ago

The UK project giving refugees another chance at childhood

Young refugees face unspeakable trauma to get here But a cross-charity initiative is helping them to rebuild their livesIt is hard to be an adult when you feel like you haven't had the chance to be a child This simple statement has stayed with me over the last months of working with young refugees and asylum seekers Among them a -year-old boy forced to sleep in a railway station for months and another who witnessed...
External news
7 years ago

UN: spend an extra £5tn by 2030 to tackle global 'care crisis'

Report highlights risk of rising inequality against women worldwideThe world economy faces a looming care crisis risking further division between men and women across the planet according to a UN report calling for governments and companies worldwide to spend at least an extra tn tn on care by Making the case for spending on support for children old people and the neediest in society to double by the end of the next decade the UN's...
External news
7 years ago

Theresa May got it wrong with her cash boost for the NHS. Here's why

Assessing what the health service needs is essential before giving it more money to meet demandFour key things were missing from Theresa May's announcement of extra money for the NHS There was no admission that there is an NHS crisis that needs tackling Or that money is needed now for both the the health service and social care Without this emergency cash injection there will be insufficient time and resource to make the necessary preparations...
External news
7 years ago

For too long, care users have been ignored. But now we have a voice | Lost Voice Guy

Winning Britain's Got Talent has given me a platform -- and it's great to see other care users having a say about their livesThis is what used to happen to people like me who use care and support services important folk made big decisions behind closed doors Then if we were lucky they would invite us to consult to see if their plans were any good They'd send out a long complicated report and give...
External news
7 years ago

How Xbox technology could keep older people safe at home

Researchers are testing motion-sensitive technology to see if it could detect and prevent falls -- and reduce hospital admissions Former hod carrier George Foster describes himself as technophobic But when he was given the chance to have Xbox technology driven by artificial intelligence installed in the sitting room of his Salford home to monitor his every movement he saw the chance to ensure his continued independence The -year-old -- who is prone to what he...