Profession embraces plans to re-register social workers
"It is about accountability to the service users to ensure they
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Profession embraces plans to re-register social workers
Degree of hope as diploma is set to bite the dust
Will the replacement of the Diploma in Social Work with a
vocational degree boost the reputation and attractiveness of social
work? Mark Hunter reports.
Degree of hope as diploma is set to bite the dust
Will the replacement of the Diploma in Social Work with a
vocational degree boost the reputation and attractiveness of social
work? Mark Hunter reports
After years of asking, social work is
Equality time
The new Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 will give local
authorities a clear duty to implement racial equality and end
discrimination.
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay.
New guidance on local strategic partnerships published
Local residents, community groups and businesses have been
issued with guidance to help them work with public sector agencies
to tackle social exclusion and neighbourhood renewal.
People with learning difficulties in from the cold
The learning difficulties white paper for England has seen
charities united in their praise for its aims and vision.
Up close and personal
The government's Connexions scheme has its sights set on young
people who are not involved in education, training or work and it
promises a lot.
Locum learning
The recruitment crisis has meant that agencies are increasingly
using locums to deal with recruitment shortages but, asks Shirley
Ayres, what efforts are being made to improve the quality of
Locum learning
The recruitment crisis has meant that agencies are increasingly
using locums to deal with recruitment shortages but, asks Shirley
Ayres, what efforts are being made to improve the quality of
A summary of social care news
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay
Applications for asylum fall to a seven-year
low
A sharp decrease in the number of immigrants seeking refuge in
Britain last month has led to the backlog in
Family support
A research review of the costs and outcomes of family support
services.
Social services must stake a claim
Andrew Russell says social services must get involved if they
want to change disabled people's lives.
I can see a problem looming for disabled people.
A summary of social care news
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay
Police want new law to shut ‘crack’
dens
Senior police are to meet with the home secretary to demand new
laws to eradicate "crack houses" that are
Unsung heroes
Today Community Care and the Local Government Association launch
a national campaign to improve the image of social work.
Unsung heroes
Today Community Care and the Local Government Association launch
a national campaign to improve the image of social work.
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