Lancashire Council has been rapped by the information commissioner after confidential documents were left in furniture sold in a second hand shop.
The Lancashire Telegraph revealed the blunder last year when the customer who bought the county council filing cabinet from a Blackburn second-hand shop came forward. Read more
Skills Academy invites carers to enter National Caring Competition
The National Skills Academy for Social Care has put out a call to all social care employers and training bodies to nominate potential competitors for the first in a series of national caring competitions.
Competitors will be given various scenarios and asked to respond. For example, in the scenario "activities of daily living", a competitor would have to demonstrate how they would help a service user to deal with day-to-day issues such as getting dressed. Read more about this on the Skills Academy's website
Aspect acts on workers' rights for foster carers
A specialist foster carer who was denied basic rights at work is to take Norfolk County Council to an employment tribunal. Backed by Aspect Sandra Bullock is seeking to establish her legal status as ' a worker'. Read more about this on Aspect's website
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