I learnt from my Twitter stream (thanks to Lindsay_Pike) that as well as being Carers’ Week, this week is also ‘Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week’. I had never come across this as a ‘week’ before so used my carefully honed research skills to type ‘Safeguarding Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 17 Jun 2011
Filed under: Abuse, Adult, adult protection, caregiver, carer, dementia, Disability, elderly, local authority, personal, philosophy, Safeguard, safeguarding, safeguarding adults, safeguarding adults awareness week, social care, social issues, work
Salford Council is sending its social workers on a "back to basics" training course after Ofsted rated its safeguarding services as inadequate twice in four years, the Manchester Evening News reports. Apparently the refresher course will update Read More...
Posted to
The Social Work Blog
on 11 Jan 2011
Filed under: safeguarding, salford council, social work, social work reform board, social workers, workforce
Gloucestershire Council has announced plans to recruit 30 extra children's social workers after an unannounced Ofsted inspection found caseloads were too high . Ofsted's report, published today, said social work capacity varied across the teams Read More...
Posted to
The Social Work Blog
on 24 Feb 2010
Filed under: safeguarding, social work, social workers, workforce
Gordon Brown is not the only person accused of bullying this week. Isle of Wight Council has refused to confirm or deny rumours that its former interim deputy director of children's services, Deborah Cameron, subjected staff to shouting and threats Read More...
Posted to
The Social Work Blog
on 22 Feb 2010
Filed under: conduct, safeguarding, social work, social workers, training, workforce